Thedford Fire
The Thedford Fire burned 9,000 acres in Nebraska, in 1997. It was discovered on March 20, 1997, and contained on March 21, 1997. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 9,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 20, 1997
- Contained
- March 21, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 8,959 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.000, -100.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,000 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,959 acres
- Discovered
- March 20, 1997, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 21, 1997, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- Nebraska
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-323520
- Note on the perimeter
- If info from FIRESTAT "fitted" for most part, marked as verified
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 19972
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,000 | Mar 31, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,900 | Mar 7, 1997 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.