V Road Fire
The V Road Fire burned 5,000 acres in Kansas, in 2011. It was discovered on April 6, 2011, and contained on April 6, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2011
- Contained
- April 6, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,609 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.443, -96.482.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,609 acres
- Discovered
- April 6, 2011, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 6, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3844309648220110406
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011KSFLRF19K
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 | |
| 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
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.