Handy Fire
The Handy Fire burned 12,814 acres in Missouri, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to March 27, 2012.
- Size
- 12,814 acres
- Ignition
- March 27, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,814 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.864, -91.146.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,814 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 27, 2012
- State
- Missouri
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3680909113820120327
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Missouri in 20125
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Fire | 1,625 | Jul 4, 2012 | Human |
| Martin Fire | 1,212 | Jul 5, 2012 | Human |
| Martin Fire | 1,211 | ||
| Potato Cave Fire | 1,126 | Jul 28, 2012 | Natural |
| Kinfolk Rd Fire | 646 | Mar 2, 2012 | 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.