Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,500 acres in Rice County, Kansas, in 1996. It was discovered on February 28, 1996.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 1996
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 38.268, -98.027.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 1996
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Rice County
- Reporting unit
- Rice County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- KS-RC308-19960228
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
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.