Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,705 acres in Jefferson County, Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 8, 2012, and contained on August 9, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to September 16, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,705 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2012
- Contained
- August 9, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,359 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.729, -94.093.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,705 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,359 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2012
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 16, 2012
- Contained
- August 9, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- County
- Jefferson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2971909407020120916
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012TXMCRG5E0
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
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.