Hess Knob Fire
The Hess Knob Fire burned 1,435 acres in Johnson County, Arkansas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 1, 2012, and contained on August 6, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,435 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2012
- Contained
- August 6, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 829 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.642, -93.290.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,435 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 829 acres
- Discovered
- August 1, 2012, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 6, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Johnson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3564409329020120801
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1510881
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 Arkansas in 20125
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacey Fire | 1,414 | Aug 14, 2012 | Human |
| Turkey Pen Springs Fire | 1,032 | Mar 2, 2012 | Human |
| Ola Fire | 1,014 | Jul 25, 2012 | Human |
| Raspberry Mountain Fire | 873 | Nov 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Rose Hill Fire | 852 | Aug 13, 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. 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.