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The Kansas Forest Service revised the total wildfire acres burned across western Kansas that sparked on Dec. 15 due to a historic storm that brought high winds to drought-stricken western Kansas, making dust blow. Kansas Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Coordination Center used a new satellite data system to map ongoing wildfire to determine about 163,000 acres burned rather than the 400,000 acres that was previously reported. Great Bend Post (Kan.), Dec 21, 2021 The Four County Fire, a large wildfire in Russell and Ellis counties, has burned 365,850 acres, per the Kansas Forest Service, and destroyed at least 10 homes, according to the Russell County Sheriff. Initial assessment of the fire activity on Dec. 15, the day of the high winds and dust storms, indicated that 11 fires burned a cumulative acreage of nearly 400,000 acres. On the morning of Dec. 16, the Oklahoma Forest Service reported that the Cobb Fire in the panhandle had claimed about 10,000 acres. From the Texas Forest Service on the afternoon of Dec. 16: The North 207 Fire between Pampa and Borger burned 23,810 acres. The Parker Creek Fire southwest of Dumas was estimated at 11,066 acres. Wildfire Today (Rapid City, S.D.), Dec 16, 2021