Wildfires of 2006

Fire

2006Butler County, KansasWildfire

The Fire burned 10,700 acres in Butler County, Kansas, in 2006. It was discovered on March 8, 2006, and contained on March 10, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
10,700 acres
Discovered
March 8, 2006
Contained
March 10, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.843, -96.931.

The record

Reported final size
10,700 acres
Discovered
March 8, 2006, 12:33 p.m. local time
Contained
March 10, 2006, 7:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Kansas
County
Butler County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Kansas Counties
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2006_KS-KSX-174

Other large fires in Kansas in 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire9,700Mar 12, 2006Human
Twelth Street Fire8,800Feb 9, 2006
Hodgeman West Fire6,400Mar 15, 2006Human
Obee Fire6,000Mar 30, 2006
Unnamed Fire5,368Apr 13, 2006
Unnamed Fire4,480Mar 15, 2006Human
Unnamed Fire3,500May 25, 2006
Mile 208 Fire3,200Jul 30, 2006Human
Maple City Fire3,000Mar 1, 2006Human
Steeler Fire2,380Feb 5, 2006Human
Unnamed Fire2,010Mar 13, 2006
Mcdowell Fire2,000Apr 21, 2006Human

Every fire of 2006 Kansas fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.