Simmons I Fire
The Simmons I Fire burned 1,759 acres in Nebraska, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to September 10, 1988.
- Size
- 1,759 acres
- Ignition
- September 10, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,759 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.987, -100.385.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,759 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 10, 1988
- State
- Nebraska
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4298710038519880910
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Nebraska in 19883
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,045 | Aug 11, 1988 | |
| Crookston Fire | 2,689 | Sep 10, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,984 | Apr 14, 1988 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.