Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,779 acres in Arkansas, in 2002. It was discovered on November 29, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,779 acres
- Discovered
- November 29, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,511 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.762, -91.905.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,779 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,511 acres
- Discovered
- November 29, 2002
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arkansas
- Reporting unit
- Arkansas Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3576509190720021129
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SWRA_AR_29459
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 Arkansas in 20022
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,964 | Apr 5, 2002 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,576 | Apr 5, 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.