Stable Fire
The Stable Fire burned 900 acres in Nebraska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 27, 1994, and contained on June 27, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1994
- Contained
- June 27, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,705 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.417, -102.583.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,705 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1994, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 27, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4134210262319940627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1994NECLR6735
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Nebraska in 19942
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Mar 22, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,280 | Apr 16, 1994 |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.