Sleeper Fire
The Sleeper Fire burned 4,265 acres in Kansas, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to April 6, 1989.
- Size
- 4,265 acres
- Ignition
- April 6, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,265 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.192, -98.500.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,265 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 6, 1989
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3819209850019890406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- shrubs and wetlands
Other large fires in Kansas in 198911
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 12,264 | Mar 10, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,325 | Mar 14, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,551 | Apr 21, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,682 | Nov 12, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,651 | Mar 10, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,376 | Mar 14, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,263 | Apr 21, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,250 | Mar 8, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,181 | Mar 14, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,128 | Mar 11, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,008 | Mar 26, 1989 |
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.