Big Spring Fire
The Big Spring Fire burned 3,500 acres in Dallas County, Missouri, in 2006. It was discovered on February 26, 2006, and contained on March 1, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2006
- Contained
- March 1, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,920 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.886, -92.947.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,920 acres
- Discovered
- February 26, 2006, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 1, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Dallas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3789109292920060226
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006-MO-MOS-0033
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 Missouri in 20066
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,575 | Jan 8, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,512 | Apr 1, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,084 | Feb 10, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,803 | Jan 19, 2006 | Human |
| 06 Stegall Mtn Fire | 1,577 | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,390 | Feb 28, 2006 |
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.