Steamboat Fire
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.