Duckhead Fire
The Duckhead Fire burned 1,631 acres in Arkansas, in 2005. It was discovered on December 30, 2005, and contained on January 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,631 acres
- Discovered
- December 30, 2005
- Contained
- January 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,730 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.117, -92.533.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,631 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,730 acres
- Discovered
- December 30, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Buffalo National River
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- ARBUP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-ARBUP-000612
- Fire occurrence record
- W-519376
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 20058
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,899 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Grimmett Fire | 3,070 | Sep 2, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,568 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,532 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,214 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,121 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,886 | Mar 28, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,591 | Nov 23, 2005 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.