Rice County Fire
The Rice County Fire was reported on March 14, 2018 in Rice County, Kansas and burned 8,000 acres. It was declared out on March 18, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.289, -97.925.
The incident
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2018 at 1:30 PM CDT
- Declared out
- March 18, 2018 at 10:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 9 mi. NW of Inman, KS
- County
- Rice County
- State
- Kansas
- Nearest city reported
- Inman
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-KSRCX-000333
- IRWIN identifier
- 7127FF4C-6AE0-4D9C-A303-5A2DF097DCA4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Little River, KS covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 6, 2018 at 5:01 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-KSRCX-000333.