Barber County Fire
The Barber County Fire burned 38,400 acres in Barber County, Kansas, in 2008. It was discovered on August 4, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 38,400 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.200, -98.800.
The record
- Reported final size
- 38,400 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2008, 12:30 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
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_KS-KSX-974
Other large fires in Kansas in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Fire | 7,500 | Jun 11, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,407 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Pratt Sandhills Fire | 6,400 | Apr 15, 2008 | Human |
| Lexington Fire | 6,000 | Jan 28, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,170 | May 11, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,558 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Lake City Fire | 4,250 | Mar 20, 2008 | |
| Kiowa Fire | 4,000 | Apr 5, 2008 | Human |
| Larkin Fire | 3,000 | Apr 14, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,952 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,919 | Apr 25, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,680 | May 11, 2008 |
Nearby
Sources
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.