My character is currently preparing fields, and an adventurer (known to be in the vicinity) starts a fire on a tile fairly recently prepared for agriculture (don't know if the ash had disappeared yet or not).
This is not in itself a problem as nothing has been planted, but would be if I wanted to plant something on that tile as it delays the time until it becomes available. It also suggests NPCs might not care if the tile had been planted, which would definitely be more annoying.