Wf Unit 3 Company Fire
The Wf Unit 3 Company Fire burned 4,007 acres in Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 9, 2012, and contained on August 11, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,007 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012
- Contained
- August 11, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,852 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.674, -94.123.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,007 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,852 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,010 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012
- Contained
- August 11, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- TXMCR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-TXMCR-G5J1
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2967409412120120809
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012TXMCRG5J1
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning Started a wildfire in Unit 3 of McFaddin NWR. Due to High flame lengths and rapid growth, Direct attack was not an option. The decision was made to fall back to natural and man made barriers and burn out the unit. Head : IC Carethers : ENOP
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 |
| 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 |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,705 | Aug 8, 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.