Tallgrass 2005 Prescribed Fire
The Tallgrass 2005 Prescribed Fire burned 7,524 acres in Kansas, in 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to March 4, 2005.
- Size
- 7,524 acres
- Ignition
- March 4, 2005
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,524 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.447, -96.579.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,524 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 4, 2005
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3843909656120050304
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- NPS Fire perimeter was used available in NPS Wildland fire feature server and as appropriate fire perimeter was further revised based on the visible fire/burn scar in post fire image, perimeter image and dNBR.
Other large fires in Kansas in 20058
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaks Fire | 8,000 | Apr 3, 2005 | Human |
| Lillis Fire | 1,800 | Apr 3, 2005 | Human |
| Nr Steele Fire | 1,657 | Mar 5, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,644 | Apr 1, 2005 | |
| Flint Rock Fire | 1,500 | Apr 3, 2005 | Human |
| Krier Ranch Fire | 1,500 | Jul 24, 2005 | Human |
| Netherland Fire | 1,300 | Oct 3, 2005 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Mar 12, 2005 | Human |
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.