Big Point Fire
The Big Point Fire burned 1,653 acres in Newton County, Arkansas, in 2007. It was discovered on March 6, 2007, and contained on March 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,653 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2007
- Contained
- March 7, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,257 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.749, -92.907.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,653 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,257 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2007, 7:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 7, 2007, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Newton County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3575609292120070306
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1456414
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 20075
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Apr 11, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,533 | Apr 3, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,559 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,073 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Dead Horse Fire | 556 | Feb 9, 2007 | Human |
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.