The Landsat Program - Images
Texas Wildfires 2011
A Landsat 5 image of Texas acquired on April 18, 2011.
Over 1 million acres of land have been burned by wildfires since April 6, 2011. Drought, low humidity, and strong winds continue to help feed the fires. Winds as high as 60 mph have been registered.
In this image red indicates burn scars. The Swenson fire to the northeast and the Cooper Mountain Ranch fire to the southwest caused the burn scars in this image together they have burned over 280,000 acres. Vegetation is green, water is blue, and bare ground is pink and light red.
This Landsat 5 false color image was created using TM bands, 7, 4 and 2. It was acquired April 18, 2011. This image falls on Landsat WRS-2 Path 29 Row 37.
References
Earth Observatory. Wildfires in Texas. Accessed April 21, 2011
New York Times. Fires Scorch More Than 1M Acres of Texas, Burn Hundreds of Homes. Accessed April 21, 2011[external link]
Texas Forest Service. Current Texas Wildfire Situation. Accessed April 21, 2011 [external link]
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