Miller Fire
The Miller Fire burned 4,190 acres in Clark County, Kansas, in 2010. It was discovered on August 14, 2010, and contained on August 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,190 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2010
- Contained
- August 15, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,568 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.217, -99.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,190 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,568 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2010, 4:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2010, 3:22 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Clark County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3725509972020100814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_KS-KSX-960
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Salt Marsh Fire | 3,664 | Apr 3, 2010 | |
| 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
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.