Wildfires of 2013

Runnels Ranch Fire

2013Matagorda County, TexasWildfire

The Runnels Ranch Fire burned 2,500 acres in Matagorda County, Texas, in 2013. It was discovered on August 19, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
2,500 acres
Discovered
August 19, 2013
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 29.027, -95.985.

The record

Reported final size
2,500 acres
Discovered
August 19, 2013
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Texas
County
Matagorda County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Texas A & M Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
TFS-TXFD2013-467162

Other large fires in Texas in 20138

FireAcresStartCause
Wf Unit 12 Kickoff Fire4,729Oct 24, 2013
Unit 1 2013 Fire2,575Aug 24, 2013Natural
Unnamed Fire2,230Apr 19, 2013
Wf Cade Mud Bayou Fire2,116Jul 30, 2013
Unnamed Fire2,072Mar 2, 2013
Unnamed Fire1,801Mar 2, 2013
Sargent Ranch Fire1,757Feb 15, 2013Human
Unnamed Fire1,164Mar 18, 2013

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Sources

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.