Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,803 acres in Benton County, Missouri, in 2006. It was discovered on January 19, 2006, and contained on January 19, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,803 acres
- Discovered
- January 19, 2006
- Contained
- January 19, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,282 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.139, -93.436.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,803 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,282 acres
- Discovered
- January 19, 2006, 8:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 19, 2006, 7:35 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Benton County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3813209344120060119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_MO-MOS-0000009
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 Missouri in 20066
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Spring Fire | 3,500 | Feb 26, 2006 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,575 | Jan 8, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,512 | Apr 1, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,084 | Feb 10, 2006 | |
| 06 Stegall Mtn Fire | 1,577 | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,390 | Feb 28, 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.