Sulphur Creek 2 Fire
The Sulphur Creek 2 Fire burned 850 acres in Pope County, Arkansas, in 2006. It was discovered on April 14, 2006, and contained on April 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 850 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2006
- Contained
- April 16, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,468 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.672, -93.038.
The record
- Reported final size
- 850 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,468 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2006, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 16, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Pope County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3566909305620060414
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1443743
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter image is a L7 SLC-off.
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 |
| Flatside Fire | 5,091 | Apr 7, 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 |
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.