Calfex Complex
The Calfex Complex burned 6,278 acres in Riley County, Kansas, in 2012. It was discovered on December 5, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,278 acres
- Discovered
- December 5, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,121 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.197, -96.840.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,278 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,121 acres
- Discovered
- December 5, 2012, 10:53 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Riley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Fort Riley Kansas
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Part of
- Calfex Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3919609684020121205
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_KS-DDQ-1482
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,603 | Oct 14, 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.