Big Salt Marsh Fire
The Big Salt Marsh Fire burned 3,664 acres in Kansas, in 2010. It was discovered on April 3, 2010, and contained on April 7, 2010.
- Size
- 3,664 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2010
- Contained
- April 7, 2010
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,950 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.164, -98.558.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,664 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,950 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,698 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2010, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 7, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- KSQUR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-KSQUR-FA2H
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3816709852220100403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010KSQURFA2H
- Note on the perimeter
- Stafford County Sheriff's Office reported a fire on Quivira NWR to FMO Bill Waln on Saturday April 3, at approximatley 1235. A Deputy Sheriff Officer reported to the dispatch a fire near the scenic overlook on NE 140th Street. 2 Refuge Type 6X engi
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 20106
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Fire | 4,190 | Aug 14, 2010 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,621 | Mar 22, 2010 | |
| Tallgrass Complex | 3,490 | Apr 10, 2010 | Human |
| Range 51 Fire | 2,150 | Nov 9, 2010 | Human |
| Pioneer Pastures Fire | 1,250 | Apr 11, 2010 | |
| Greenwood Fire | 520 | Oct 18, 2010 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.