Wf Yellow Rail 2012 Fire
The Wf Yellow Rail 2012 Fire burned 1,354 acres in Texas, in 2012. It was discovered on June 8, 2012, and contained on June 10, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,354 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2012
- Contained
- June 10, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,123 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.575, -94.537.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,354 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,123 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,355 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2012
- Contained
- June 10, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- TXAHR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-TXAHR-GW7E
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2957509453720120608
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012TXAHRGW7E
- Note on the perimeter
- At 1700 on 6/8/2012, Got a call from Stockie that there was a fire in Yellow Rail Unit of Anahuac NWR. I arrived on scene at 1815, fire was 60 acres in sizes and fire behavior was moderate to high. No smoke impacts on the roads. Called for resour
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
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.