Unnamed Prescribed Fire
The Unnamed Prescribed Fire burned 4,385 acres in Kansas, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to April 13, 1997.
- Size
- 4,385 acres
- Ignition
- April 13, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,385 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.447, -96.575.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,385 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 13, 1997
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3844509656319970413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- NPS Fire perimeter was used available in NPS Wildland fire feature server. Part of the mask areas (look burned areas) is actually has been covered by other fire.
Other large fires in Kansas in 19974
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,000 | Feb 17, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Mar 21, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,051 | Mar 27, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,267 | Mar 24, 1997 |
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.