Land cover · Kansas 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Kansas % of burned % of Kansas
Forest 50 0.3% 4.7%
Range (shrubland) 2,720 18.5% 0.4%
Grassland 10,781 73.4% 51.4%
Other 1,128 7.7% 43.5%
Measured acres in Kansas 14,679 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Kansas Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
51 Fire 14,173 14,174 42 2,719 10,300 1,114 0
Rice Fire 483 485 2 2 468 14 0
J Rd 2 Fire 20 19 6 0 13 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Southwest Kansas Wildfire Outbreak 127,840 — Awaiting a perimeter
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 142,516
Offered to measurement 4 142,516
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 3 14,676
Awaiting a perimeter 1 127,840
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Kansas 0 0
Measured acres in Kansas 3 14,679
Measured acres outside Kansas — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 14,679
Reported minus measured — -3
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for KS. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.