Greenwood Fire
The Greenwood Fire burned 410 acres in Sebastian County, Arkansas, in 2011. It was discovered on July 28, 2011, and contained on July 28, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 410 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2011
- Contained
- July 28, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,434 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.229, -94.245.
The record
- Reported final size
- 410 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,434 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2011, 1:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2011
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Sebastian County
- Reporting unit
- Arkansas Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3523409425720110728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011AFCAR7/28/2011160
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 |
| Blue Branch Fire | 1,384 | Aug 4, 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.