Matagorda B1 Prescribed Fire
The Matagorda B1 Prescribed Fire burned 1,099 acres in Texas, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to February 20, 2012.
- Size
- 1,099 acres
- Ignition
- February 20, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,099 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 28.102, -96.824.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,099 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 20, 2012
- State
- Texas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2810809681720120220
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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.