Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,700 acres in Kansas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 13, 2011, and contained on April 13, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2011
- Contained
- April 13, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,575 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.384, -95.933.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,575 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2011, 5:18 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 13, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Horton Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3938409593320110413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-619697
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 | |
| 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 |
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.