West Side Mvd Fire
The West Side Mvd Fire burned 18,700 acres in Kansas, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to April 3, 2000.
- Size
- 18,700 acres
- Ignition
- April 3, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,700 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.480, -96.605.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,700 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 3, 2000
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3851609657720000403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Kansas in 20007
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.