Wano Fire
The Wano Fire burned 2,000 acres in Cheyenne County, Kansas, in 2007. It was discovered on October 18, 2007, and contained on October 18, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 18, 2007
- Contained
- October 18, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,556 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.821, -101.798.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,556 acres
- Discovered
- October 18, 2007, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 18, 2007, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Cheyenne County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3977710176420071018
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_KS-KSX-1080
- Note on the perimeter
- Grassland with some mixed shrub/tree veg.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna Fire | 5,000 | Nov 19, 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.