Raspberry Mountain Fire
The Raspberry Mountain Fire burned 873 acres in Montgomery County, Arkansas, in 2012. It was discovered on November 27, 2012, and contained on December 13, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 873 acres
- Discovered
- November 27, 2012
- Contained
- December 13, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,801 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.381, -93.995.
The record
- Reported final size
- 873 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,801 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 808 acres
- Discovered
- November 27, 2012, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- December 13, 2012, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Montgomery County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Ouachita National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AROUF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3438009399420121127
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1511435
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 |
| 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 |
| Rose Hill Fire | 852 | Aug 13, 2012 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.