Wildfires of 1995

Steamboat Fire

1995DelawareWildfire

The Steamboat Fire burned 2,000 acres in Delaware, in 1995. It was discovered on March 25, 1995, and contained on March 25, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
2,000 acres
Discovered
March 25, 1995
Contained
March 25, 1995
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.200, -75.421.

The record

Reported final size
2,000 acres
Discovered
March 25, 1995, 2:00 p.m. local time
Contained
March 25, 1995, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Delaware
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FWS-1995DEBHR5658

Nearby

Sources

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.