Turner Fire
The Turner Fire burned 1,100 acres in Kansas, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to January 17, 2002.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Ignition
- January 17, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,100 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.123, -98.492.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,100 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 17, 2002
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3811509849220020117
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 19 std.
Other large fires in Kansas in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 30,000 | Mar 27, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Apr 1, 2002 | |
| West Unit Fire | 11,206 | Mar 13, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,755 | Feb 13, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,000 | Apr 1, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,500 | Apr 1, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,670 | Apr 10, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Feb 24, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,385 | Feb 13, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Mar 31, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,083 | Feb 13, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,817 | Mar 29, 2002 |
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.