Gatton Fire
The Gatton Fire burned 2,620 acres in Kansas, in 1998. It was discovered on September 25, 1998, and contained on September 25, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,620 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1998
- Contained
- September 25, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,317 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.112, -98.525.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,620 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,317 acres
- Discovered
- September 25, 1998, 2:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 1998, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3814509851519980925
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998KSQUR6349
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 19984
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Bur Fire | 60,063 | Apr 1, 1998 | |
| East Bg Salt Fire | 3,506 | Apr 17, 1998 | |
| 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. 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.