Flatside Fire
The Flatside Fire burned 5,091 acres in Saline County, Arkansas, in 2006. It was discovered on April 7, 2006, and contained on April 12, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to April 6, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,091 acres
- Discovered
- April 7, 2006
- Contained
- April 12, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,248 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.836, -93.043.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,091 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,248 acres
- Discovered
- April 7, 2006, 1:11 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 6, 2006
- Contained
- April 12, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Saline County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3483609304020060406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1433665
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 200610
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Mans Land Fire | 8,294 | Mar 13, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,576 | Aug 14, 2006 | |
| Sulphur Mountain Fire | 3,739 | Jun 26, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,669 | Jan 8, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,426 | Aug 14, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,626 | Jan 8, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,340 | Mar 29, 2006 | Human |
| Shallow Lake Road West 2 H Fire | 1,147 | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,056 | Mar 24, 2006 | |
| Sulphur Creek 2 Fire | 850 | Apr 14, 2006 | 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. 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.