12 Big (Middle) Prescribed Fire
The 12 Big (Middle) Prescribed Fire burned 936 acres in Kansas, in 2012. It was discovered on April 10, 2012, and contained on April 11, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to March 30, 2012.
- Size
- 936 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2012
- Contained
- April 11, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,286 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.409, -96.586.
The record
- Reported final size
- 936 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,286 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 2012
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 30, 2012
- Contained
- April 11, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3844809657920120330
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012KSFLRGTK1
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kdot Fire | 8,000 | Mar 5, 2012 | Human |
| Skiddy West Road Fire | 8,000 | Aug 22, 2012 | |
| Calfex Complex | 6,278 | Dec 5, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,429 | Oct 30, 2012 | |
| Hwy 77 and Nw 150th Fire | 3,800 | Jul 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Minnesota Road Fire | 3,200 | Aug 23, 2012 | |
| Alabama Road Fire | 2,560 | Aug 23, 2012 | |
| HIGHWAY9 Fire | 2,250 | Jun 27, 2012 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Mar 4, 2012 | Human |
| Sylvan Fire | 2,000 | Jun 9, 2012 | |
| Dorrance Fire | 1,920 | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,867 | Aug 27, 2012 |
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.