Tunner Fire
The Tunner Fire burned 17,482 acres in Kansas, in 2011. It was discovered on May 8, 2011, and contained on May 14, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 17,482 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2011
- Contained
- May 14, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,791 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.156, -101.762.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,482 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,791 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 19,657 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2011, 8:03 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 14, 2011, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- KSPSF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-CORGD-000556
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3707910189920110508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1497981
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- KS-PSF-0556; human-caused; BAER implemented
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 |
| 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 | |
| 11 East Trapps 2 Sec Fire | 2,269 | Apr 12, 2011 | Human |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.