Lacey Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hess Knob Fire | 1,435 | Aug 1, 2012 | Natural |
| 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.