Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 15,523 acres in Kansas, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to March 21, 1988.
- Size
- 15,523 acres
- Ignition
- March 21, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,523 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.782, -96.191.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,523 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 21, 1988
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3878209619119880321
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Kansas in 19887
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,117 | Oct 20, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,973 | Mar 26, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,185 | Mar 22, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,655 | Mar 16, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,649 | Apr 7, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,579 | Feb 28, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,541 | Mar 27, 1988 |
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. 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.