Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,000 acres in Yell County, Arkansas, in 2007. It was discovered on April 11, 2007, and contained on May 15, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to April 10, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2007
- Contained
- May 15, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,748 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.030, -93.629.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,748 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2007, 2:30 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 10, 2007
- Contained
- May 15, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Yell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3503009362920070410
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1458454
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 | 2,533 | Apr 3, 2007 | |
| Big Point Fire | 1,653 | Mar 6, 2007 | Human |
| 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.