Impact Complex
The Impact Complex burned 6,500 acres in Riley County, Kansas, in 2013. It was discovered on November 17, 2013, and contained on November 17, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,500 acres
- Discovered
- November 17, 2013
- Contained
- November 17, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,236 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.141, -96.774.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,236 acres
- Discovered
- November 17, 2013, 12:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 17, 2013, 9:14 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Riley County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Fort Riley Kansas
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Part of
- Impact Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- KS3914109677420131117
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2013-KS-DDQ-1133
- Note on the perimeter
- Some snow in post-event 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 Kansas in 20134
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 7,467 | Nov 10, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,971 | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,108 | Jun 3, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,260 | Aug 30, 2013 |
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.