Hodgeman West Fire
The Hodgeman West Fire burned 6,400 acres in Hodgeman County, Kansas, in 2006. It was discovered on March 15, 2006, and contained on March 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,400 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 2006
- Contained
- March 16, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,048 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.071, -100.208.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,048 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 2006, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 16, 2006, 3:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Hodgeman County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3813010015320060315
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_KS-KSX-000201
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 Kansas in 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | 10,700 | Mar 8, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,700 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| Twelth Street Fire | 8,800 | Feb 9, 2006 | |
| Obee Fire | 6,000 | Mar 30, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,368 | Apr 13, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,480 | Mar 15, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,500 | May 25, 2006 | |
| Mile 208 Fire | 3,200 | Jul 30, 2006 | Human |
| Maple City Fire | 3,000 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Steeler Fire | 2,380 | Feb 5, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,010 | Mar 13, 2006 | |
| Mcdowell Fire | 2,000 | Apr 21, 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.