East Traps Prescribed Fire
The East Traps Prescribed Fire burned 1,654 acres in Kansas, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 12, 2000.
- Size
- 1,654 acres
- Ignition
- April 12, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,654 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.417, -96.531.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,654 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 12, 2000
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3841609653820000412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- NPS provided burn area boundary was used and as appropriate fire perimeter was further revised based on the visible fire/burn scar in post fire image.
Other large fires in Kansas in 20008
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Side Mvd Fire | 18,700 | Apr 3, 2000 | |
| Switzer G Fire | 3,015 | Apr 11, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,532 | Apr 25, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Sep 4, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,394 | Nov 14, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,700 | Sep 17, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,698 | Apr 11, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Jan 19, 2000 |
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.