Glass Fire
2008196,982 acresTexas
The Glass Fire burned 196,982 acres, about 308 square miles, across 4 counties. It began on February 25, 2008.
Watch how it happenedGlass Fire · 2008
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 1.6% | 3,150 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 32% | 62,748 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 55% | 107,936 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 12% | 23,148 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,150 acres; 33% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Sterling County | TX | 127,233 |
| Irion County | TX | 50,269 |
| Tom Green County | TX | 18,509 |
| Reagan County | TX | 933 |
Other large fires in Texas in 2008
- Huckabee Fire84,968 acres
- Burns Ranch Fire58,363 acres
- Porter Fire47,619 acres
- Highway 322 Fire44,616 acres
- Hughes Ranch Fire42,376 acres
- Eighty-Two Fire31,598 acres
- Stiles Complex27,839 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.