Wf Unit 5 Pig Farm Fire
The Wf Unit 5 Pig Farm Fire burned 1,818 acres in Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 5, 2012, and contained on August 6, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,818 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2012
- Contained
- August 6, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,842 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.707, -94.120.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,818 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,842 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,819 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2012
- Contained
- August 6, 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-G4V2
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2970809412020120805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012TXMCRG4V2
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning Started a Wildfire in Unit 5 of McFaddin NWR. An Engine Crew made an attempt to go direct, But a suddden wind change and a spot across a holding line prevented any furthur Direct attack. After the spot Engine crews went strait into structure pr
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 |
| 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.