West Lsm Prescribed Fire
The West Lsm Prescribed Fire burned 1,853 acres in Kansas, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to April 13, 2011.
- Size
- 1,853 acres
- Ignition
- April 13, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,853 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.103, -98.503.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,853 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 13, 2011
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3808809850820110413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.