Rock Creek RX
The Rock Creek RX burned 1,889 acres in Missouri, in 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to March 15, 2013.
- Size
- 1,889 acres
- Ignition
- March 15, 2013
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,889 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.638, -93.751.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,889 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 15, 2013
- State
- Missouri
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MO3663609373520130315
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Deciduous forest but prescribed burn during leaf-off season; little of burn visible in extended dNBR
Other large fires in Missouri in 20132
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,315 | Mar 27, 2013 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,963 | Apr 12, 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. 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.