Chicken Fire
The Chicken Fire burned 1,329 acres in Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on January 21, 2012, and contained on January 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,329 acres
- Discovered
- January 21, 2012
- Contained
- January 23, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,286 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.474, -101.778.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,329 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,286 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,328 acres
- Discovered
- January 21, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 23, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- TXLAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-TXLAP-002001
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX3547410177720120121
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-633057
- 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 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
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.