Sargent Ranch Fire
The Sargent Ranch Fire burned 1,757 acres in Texas, in 2013. It was discovered on February 15, 2013, and contained on February 19, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,757 acres
- Discovered
- February 15, 2013
- Contained
- February 19, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,394 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.842, -95.731.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,757 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,394 acres
- Discovered
- February 15, 2013, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 19, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Texas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2884109573020130215
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013TXSNRHB84
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 20138
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wf Unit 12 Kickoff Fire | 4,729 | Oct 24, 2013 | |
| Unit 1 2013 Fire | 2,575 | Aug 24, 2013 | Natural |
| Runnels Ranch Fire | 2,500 | Aug 19, 2013 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,230 | Apr 19, 2013 | |
| Wf Cade Mud Bayou Fire | 2,116 | Jul 30, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,072 | Mar 2, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,801 | Mar 2, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,164 | Mar 18, 2013 |
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.