Wildfires of 2010

Kk Ranch Road Fire

2010Camden County, MissouriWildfire

The Kk Ranch Road Fire burned 454 acres in Camden County, Missouri, in 2010. It was discovered on March 6, 2010, and contained on March 7, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
454 acres
Discovered
March 6, 2010
Contained
March 7, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,108 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.222, -92.119.

The record

Reported final size
454 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,108 acres
Discovered
March 6, 2010, 3:47 p.m. local time
Contained
March 7, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Missouri
County
Camden County
Reporting unit
Missouri Department of Conservation
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
MO3830509211520100306
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2010_MO-MOS-2010001

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 Missouri in 20101

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire2,855Mar 31, 2010Human

Every fire of 2010 Missouri fire history

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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.