Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,000 acres in Chase County, Kansas, in 2003. It was discovered on April 11, 2003, and contained on April 11, 2003.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2003
- Contained
- April 11, 2003
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,839 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.278, -96.621.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,839 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2003, 4:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2003, 10:10 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Chase County
- Reporting unit
- Chase County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3827809662120030411
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- KS-CS407-20030411
- Note on the perimeter
- Hard to distinguish exceeds reported acres low competence.
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 20036
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapr 03 Fire | 6,560 | Mar 22, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,104 | Mar 24, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,674 | Apr 12, 2003 | |
| Switzer G Fire | 1,281 | Apr 11, 2003 | |
| Miller B C Fire | 1,200 | Apr 9, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Aug 18, 2003 |
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.