Kinfolk Rd Fire
The Kinfolk Rd Fire burned 646 acres in Laclede County, Missouri, in 2012. It was discovered on March 2, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 646 acres
- Discovered
- March 2, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,881 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.810, -92.825.
The record
- Reported final size
- 646 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,881 acres
- Discovered
- March 2, 2012, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Missouri
- County
- Laclede County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3781009282520120302
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_MO-MOS-120008
- Note on the perimeter
- Mapped as burned/unburned due to absence of evidence after following green-up
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 Missouri in 20125
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handy Fire | 12,814 | Mar 27, 2012 | |
| 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 |
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.