Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 14,857 acres in Kansas, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to April 18, 1996.
- Size
- 14,857 acres
- Ignition
- April 18, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,857 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.329, -96.404.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,857 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 18, 1996
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3826109572619960418
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 | 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,288 | Feb 24, 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. 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.