Aetna Fire
The Aetna Fire burned 5,000 acres in Barber County, Kansas, in 2007. It was discovered on November 19, 2007, and contained on November 19, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- November 19, 2007
- Contained
- November 19, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,570 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.079, -98.965.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,570 acres
- Discovered
- November 19, 2007, 2:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 19, 2007, 8:33 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Barber County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3714309894520071119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_KS-KSX-001176
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset fire ok
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 20074
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wano Fire | 2,000 | Oct 18, 2007 | Human |
| Christianson Hill Fire | 2,000 | Apr 28, 2007 | Human |
| Frontier Fire | 1,000 | Oct 30, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Apr 10, 2007 |
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.