Wf Cade Mud Bayou Fire
The Wf Cade Mud Bayou Fire burned 2,116 acres in Chambers County, Texas, in 2013. It was discovered on July 30, 2013, and contained on August 2, 2013.
- Size
- 2,116 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2013
- Contained
- August 2, 2013
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,130 acres. Point of origin as reported, 29.566, -94.354.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,116 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,130 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2013, 8:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 2013, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Texas
- County
- Chambers County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- TX2956409435020130730
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013TXMCRHS4Y
- Note on the perimeter
- hard to match pre
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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,072 | Mar 2, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,801 | Mar 2, 2013 | |
| Sargent Ranch Fire | 1,757 | Feb 15, 2013 | Human |
| 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.