S839 Concord Robbins Fire
The S839 Concord Robbins Fire burned 4,689 acres in Leon County, Texas, in 2011. It was discovered on September 4, 2011, and contained on September 7, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,689 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2011
- Contained
- September 7, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,391 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.255, -96.130.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,689 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,391 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 2011, 2:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 7, 2011, 8:55 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- County
- Leon County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Livingston Area
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Southeast Texas Fire Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3125609613020110904
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TX2011-80108
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.