Wildfires of 2008

Ridenour Ranch Fire

2008Clark County, KansasWildfire

The Ridenour Ranch Fire burned 1,500 acres in Clark County, Kansas, in 2008. It was discovered on March 2, 2008, and contained on March 2, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,500 acres
Discovered
March 2, 2008
Contained
March 2, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.256, -100.061.

The record

Reported final size
1,500 acres
Discovered
March 2, 2008, 11:02 a.m. local time
Contained
March 2, 2008, 6:39 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Kansas
County
Clark 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-0091

Other large fires in Kansas in 200812

FireAcresStartCause
Barber County Fire38,400Aug 4, 2008Human
Seward Fire7,500Jun 11, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire6,407Apr 25, 2008
Pratt Sandhills Fire6,400Apr 15, 2008Human
Lexington Fire6,000Jan 28, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire5,170May 11, 2008
Unnamed Fire4,558Apr 25, 2008
Lake City Fire4,250Mar 20, 2008
Kiowa Fire4,000Apr 5, 2008Human
Larkin Fire3,000Apr 14, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire2,952Apr 25, 2008
Unnamed Fire2,919Apr 25, 2008

Every fire of 2008 Kansas fire history

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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.