Wildfires of 2006

Unnamed Fire

2006Hodgeman County, KansasWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 4,480 acres in Hodgeman County, Kansas, in 2006. It was discovered on March 15, 2006, and contained on March 15, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to March 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
4,480 acres
Discovered
March 15, 2006
Contained
March 15, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,491 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.065, -99.698.

The record

Reported final size
4,480 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,491 acres
Discovered
March 15, 2006, 9:30 a.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
March 16, 2006
Contained
March 15, 2006
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
KS3806209966720060316
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2006_KS-KSX-00199

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

FireAcresStartCause
Fire10,700Mar 8, 2006Human
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 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

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.