Sugarloaf Fire
The Sugarloaf Fire burned 3,700 acres in Nebraska, in 1998. It was discovered on August 24, 1998, and contained on August 24, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,700 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 1998
- Contained
- August 24, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,077 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.550, -102.433.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,077 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 1998, 12:01 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 1998, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- NE4159910245219980824
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998NECLR6299
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 19984
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tnc Fire | 3,600 | Apr 10, 1998 | Human |
| Murphy Fire | 2,200 | Sep 9, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Nov 14, 1998 | |
| Orvin Fire | 1,000 | Aug 24, 1998 | Natural |
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.