Blue Branch Fire
The Blue Branch Fire burned 1,384 acres in Arkansas, in 2011. It was discovered on August 4, 2011, and contained on August 5, 2011. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,384 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2011
- Contained
- August 5, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,384 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.859, -94.851.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,384 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,384 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arkansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3485409486020110804
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1497365
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 Arkansas in 20115
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,354 | Aug 3, 2011 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,452 | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| Flatrock Fire | 2,008 | Oct 4, 2011 | Human |
| High Peak Fire | 1,535 | Jul 29, 2011 | Natural |
| Greenwood Fire | 410 | Jul 28, 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.