Big Sandy Nw RX (Add-On)
The Big Sandy Nw RX (Add-On) burned 1,114 acres in Texas, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to October 29, 2012.
- Size
- 1,114 acres
- Ignition
- October 29, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,114 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 30.650, -94.679.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,114 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 29, 2012
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3063409466720121029
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- Some variation in orthoregistration between pre- and post-event scenes.
Other large fires in Texas in 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wf Holiday 1-2 Fire | 14,170 | Jan 2, 2012 | |
| Wildcat Fire | 14,036 | Apr 11, 2012 | |
| Livermore Ranch Fire | 13,541 | Apr 24, 2012 | Natural |
| 6 Mile Fire | 12,998 | Jul 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Spring Mountain Fire | 10,576 | Apr 21, 2012 | Natural |
| Wf Frozen Point Fire | 5,021 | Nov 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Wf Unit 3 Company Fire | 4,007 | Aug 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Bluff Creek Fire | 3,056 | Jul 28, 2012 | Human |
| Ronnie Gill Fire | 3,000 | Aug 7, 2012 | Natural |
| Rhodes Ranch II Fire | 1,995 | Aug 7, 2012 | Natural |
| Wf Unit 5 Pig Farm Fire | 1,818 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Dark Valley Fire | 1,745 | Aug 9, 2012 | 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. 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.