Rock Creek Fire
The Rock Creek Fire burned 9,500 acres in Stonewall County, Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on June 19, 2011, and contained on June 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 9,500 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011
- Contained
- June 30, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,121 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.218, -100.146.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,121 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011, 3:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- County
- Stonewall County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3321810014620110619
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-80138
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
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.