Range 51 Fire
The Range 51 Fire burned 2,150 acres in Riley County, Kansas, in 2010. It was discovered on November 9, 2010, and contained on November 9, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,150 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2010
- Contained
- November 9, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,765 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.224, -96.723.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,150 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,765 acres
- Discovered
- November 9, 2010, 3:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 9, 2010, 10:58 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Riley County
- Reporting unit
- Fort Riley Kansas
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3917109673420101109
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_KS-DDQ-1314
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 |
| Big Salt Marsh Fire | 3,664 | Apr 3, 2010 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,621 | Mar 22, 2010 | |
| Tallgrass Complex | 3,490 | Apr 10, 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.