Tnc Fire
The Tnc Fire burned 3,600 acres in Nebraska, in 1998. It was discovered on April 10, 1998, and contained on April 11, 1998. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 1998
- Contained
- April 11, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,680 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.867, -100.300.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,680 acres
- Discovered
- April 10, 1998, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4284210022519980410
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998NEFNR6020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Fire | 3,700 | Aug 24, 1998 | Natural |
| 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.