Maxwell Pasture Fire
The Maxwell Pasture Fire burned 2,000 acres in McPherson County, Kansas, in 2008. It was discovered on April 15, 2008, and contained on April 15, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2008
- Contained
- April 15, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,817 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.344, -97.483.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,817 acres
- Discovered
- April 15, 2008, 12:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 15, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- McPherson County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3834409748320080415
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_KS-KSX-211
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barber County Fire | 38,400 | Aug 4, 2008 | Human |
| 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 |
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.