Tallgrass 01 Prescribed Fire
The Tallgrass 01 Prescribed Fire burned 10,755 acres in Kansas, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to March 19, 2001.
- Size
- 10,755 acres
- Ignition
- March 19, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,755 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.449, -96.594.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,755 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 19, 2001
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3844409655920010319
- 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 20013
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Unit Fire | 6,061 | Mar 19, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,531 | Apr 11, 2001 | |
| Darrynane Fire | 1,095 | Mar 25, 2001 |
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.