Grass Fire
The Grass Fire burned 1,000 acres in Cochran County, Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on April 10, 2012. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.757, -102.662.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2012
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Texas
- County
- Cochran County
- Reporting unit
- Texas A & M Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- TFS-TXFD2012-410799
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
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.