Wildfires of 2012

Lacey Fire

2012Drew County, ArkansasWildfire

The Lacey Fire burned 1,414 acres in Drew County, Arkansas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 14, 2012, and contained on August 14, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,414 acres
Discovered
August 14, 2012
Contained
August 14, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,439 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.485, -91.876.

The record

Reported final size
1,414 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,439 acres
Discovered
August 14, 2012, 11:27 a.m. local time
Contained
August 14, 2012, 5:10 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Arkansas
County
Drew County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Arkansas Forestry Commission
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
AR3348509188420120814
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2012AFCAR8/14/201220551414
Note on the perimeter
Some clear-cutting apparent in post-fire scene.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Hess Knob Fire1,435Aug 1, 2012Natural
Turkey Pen Springs Fire1,032Mar 2, 2012Human
Ola Fire1,014Jul 25, 2012Human
Raspberry Mountain Fire873Nov 27, 2012Natural
Rose Hill Fire852Aug 13, 2012Human

Every fire of 2012 Arkansas fire history

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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.