Tallgrass 2000 Prescribed Fire
The Tallgrass 2000 Prescribed Fire burned 1,603 acres in Kansas, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 3, 2000.
- Size
- 1,603 acres
- Ignition
- April 3, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,603 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.413, -96.575.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,603 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 3, 2000
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3845209657820000403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- NPS Fire perimeter was used available in NPS Wildland fire feature server and as appropriate fire perimeter was further revised based on the visible fire/burn scar in post fire image, perimeter image and dNBR.
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.