Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 12,000 acres in Greenwood County, Kansas, in 2002. It was discovered on April 1, 2002, and contained on April 1, 2002.
- Size
- 12,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2002
- Contained
- April 1, 2002
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,686 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.736, -96.068.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,686 acres
- Discovered
- April 1, 2002, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 1, 2002, 9:10 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Greenwood County
- Reporting unit
- Greenwood County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3773609606820020401
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- KS-GW408-20020401
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire point located at county centroid. This burn was the only visible fire within the ballpark of the reported acreage (12000).
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Kansas in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 30,000 | Mar 27, 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 30, 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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.