Second Street Fire
The Second Street Fire burned 1,267 acres in Kansas, in 1996. It was discovered on May 3, 1996, and contained on May 3, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,267 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 1996
- Contained
- May 3, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,295 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.133, -101.667.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,267 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,295 acres
- Discovered
- May 3, 1996, 1:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 3, 1996, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3713310166719960503
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-311897
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 Kansas in 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 55,000 | Feb 21, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 23,000 | Apr 18, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,857 | Apr 18, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Feb 24, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Apr 11, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Apr 11, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,000 | Apr 2, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,083 | Apr 17, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,600 | Apr 11, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,079 | Apr 11, 1996 | |
| Gatton Fire | 6,000 | Apr 25, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Jan 28, 1996 |
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.