Pk Complex
The Pk Complex burned 126,734 acres in Palo Pinto County, Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 9, 2011, and contained on May 4, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to April 13, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 126,734 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2011
- Contained
- May 4, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 128,450 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.829, -98.481.
The record
- Reported final size
- 126,734 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 128,450 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2011, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 13, 2011
- Contained
- May 4, 2011, 5:22 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Palo Pinto County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Pk Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3289209866620110413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-78955
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 |
| 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 |
| Cannon Fire | 63,427 | Apr 11, 2011 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
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.