Running Boy Fire
The Running Boy Fire burned 1,249 acres in Laclede County, Missouri, in 2007. It was discovered on April 22, 2007, and contained on April 23, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,249 acres
- Discovered
- April 22, 2007
- Contained
- April 23, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 668 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.779, -92.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,249 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 668 acres
- Discovered
- April 22, 2007, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 23, 2007, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Laclede County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3776709200520070422
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_MO-MOS-2007019
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 20077
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,928 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,707 | Apr 27, 2007 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,694 | May 13, 2007 | |
| Brawley Hollow Fire | 1,595 | Mar 11, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,450 | May 13, 2007 | |
| Decker Fire | 1,212 | Apr 21, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,098 | Apr 27, 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.