Sulphur Mountain Fire
The Sulphur Mountain Fire burned 3,739 acres in Montgomery County, Arkansas, in 2006. It was discovered on June 26, 2006, and contained on August 1, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to June 23, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,739 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2006
- Contained
- August 1, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,046 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.357, -93.787.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,739 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,046 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,476 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2006, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 23, 2006
- Contained
- August 1, 2006, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Montgomery County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AROUF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3436809382320060623
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1447088
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 | |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.