Zweygardt Fire
The Zweygardt Fire burned 1,800 acres in Cheyenne County, Kansas, in 2011. It was discovered on March 16, 2011, and contained on March 16, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 2011
- Contained
- March 16, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,121 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.583, -102.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,121 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 2011, 1:22 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Cheyenne County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3958310200020110316
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011-KS-KSX-000205
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.