11 East Trapps 2 Sec Fire
The 11 East Trapps 2 Sec Fire burned 2,269 acres in Kansas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 12, 2011, and contained on April 12, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,269 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 2011
- Contained
- April 12, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,003 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.521, -96.478.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,269 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,003 acres
- Discovered
- April 12, 2011, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 12, 2011, 10:00 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3841309652120110412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-621401
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton County Fire | 40,000 | Mar 22, 2011 | Human |
| Tunner Fire | 17,482 | May 8, 2011 | Human |
| Haskell County Fire | 9,600 | Apr 3, 2011 | |
| Jorden Springs Fire | 5,000 | Apr 9, 2011 | |
| V Road Fire | 5,000 | Apr 6, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,464 | Mar 10, 2011 | |
| Horsethief Fire | 2,380 | Apr 10, 2011 | |
| Steve Dillon Fire | 2,000 | Mar 25, 2011 | Human |
| Zimmerman Fire | 2,000 | Oct 15, 2011 | Human |
| 11 Windmill Red Hous Fire | 1,937 | Apr 7, 2011 | |
| Salt Creek Fire | 1,897 | May 3, 2011 | Human |
| Zweygardt Fire | 1,800 | Mar 16, 2011 | 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.