Rose Hill Fire
The Rose Hill Fire burned 852 acres in Clark County, Arkansas, in 2012. It was discovered on August 13, 2012, and contained on August 13, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 852 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2012
- Contained
- August 13, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,002 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.863, -93.171.
The record
- Reported final size
- 852 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,002 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2012, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 13, 2012
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Arkansas Forestry Commission
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AR3385909316920120813
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012AFCAR8/13/20122100852
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 |
| Raspberry Mountain Fire | 873 | Nov 27, 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.