Parallel Fire
The Parallel Fire was reported on March 31, 2023 in Butler County, Kansas and burned 2,300 acres. It was declared out on April 2, 2023.
- Size
- 2,300 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 31, 2023
- Personnel
- 82
Map
Perimeter mapped March 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM CDT, 2,300 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 37.824, -96.942.
The incident
- Size
- 2,300 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 31, 2023 at 1:45 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 1, 2023 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 1, 2023 at 7:30 PM CDT
- Declared out
- April 2, 2023 at 2:25 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Approximately 1 mile west of El Dorado KS in Butler County Kansas.
- County
- Butler County
- State
- Kansas
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 82
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $45,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-KSBUX-000250
- IRWIN identifier
- F7A3E0D4-5A4E-448C-B3F6-5574D404AE42
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Towanda, 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 September 15, 2023 at 5:20 PM CDT. Identifier 2023-KSBUX-000250.