Pipeline Fire
The Pipeline Fire burned 7,091 acres in Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 16, 2011, and contained on April 27, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 7,091 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2011
- Contained
- April 27, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,165 acres. Point of origin as reported, 30.532, -94.303.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,091 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,165 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,060 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 2011, 1:08 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 27, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Big Thicket National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXBTP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-TXBTP-001110
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3053709429520110416
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-619822
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Texas in 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock House Fire | 314,444 | Apr 9, 2011 | Human |
| Deaton Cole Fire | 175,000 | Apr 25, 2011 | Human |
| Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire | 162,625 | Apr 11, 2011 | Natural |
| Wildcat Fire | 158,308 | Apr 10, 2011 | Natural |
| Pk Complex | 126,734 | Apr 9, 2011 | Natural |
| Swenson Fire | 122,500 | Apr 6, 2011 | Human |
| Frying Pan Ranch Fire | 106,027 | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| Dickens County Complex | 89,200 | May 6, 2011 | Human |
| Iron Mountain Fire | 87,401 | May 9, 2011 | Natural |
| Schwartz Fire | 83,995 | May 7, 2011 | Natural |
| White Hat Fire | 72,473 | Jun 20, 2011 | Human |
| Tom Fire | 65,000 | Feb 27, 2011 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.