Tallgrass Complex
The Tallgrass Complex burned 3,490 acres in Kansas, in 2010. It was discovered on April 10, 2010, and contained on April 11, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,490 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2010
- Contained
- April 11, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,521 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.413, -96.525.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,490 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,521 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2010, 3:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Part of
- Tallgrass Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3841009652220100410
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-615002
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 | |
| 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.