East Bg Salt Fire
The East Bg Salt Fire burned 3,506 acres in Kansas, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to April 17, 1998.
- Size
- 3,506 acres
- Ignition
- April 17, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,506 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.177, -98.509.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,506 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 17, 1998
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3817709850919980417
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 47 std.
Other large fires in Kansas in 19984
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Bur Fire | 60,063 | Apr 1, 1998 | |
| Gatton Fire | 2,620 | Sep 25, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,009 | Apr 2, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 850 | Apr 14, 1998 |
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.