Bigpatch Prescribed Fire
The Bigpatch Prescribed Fire burned 1,404 acres in Kansas, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to March 30, 2012.
- Size
- 1,404 acres
- Ignition
- March 30, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,404 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.471, -96.582.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,404 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 30, 2012
- State
- Kansas
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3847109658320120330
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- NPS Fire perimeter was used available in NPS Wildland fire feature server and as appropriate fire perimeter was further revised based on the visible fire/burn scar in post fire image, perimeter image and dNBR.
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. 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.