Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 74,500 acres in Nebraska, in 1999. It was discovered on March 16, 1999, and contained on March 18, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 74,500 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 1999
- Contained
- March 18, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 77,219 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.156, -101.112.
The record
- Reported final size
- 74,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 77,219 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 1999, 2:32 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 18, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4191710113419990316
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1999NEVAR6511
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 19997
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 14,000 | Feb 9, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,520 | Nov 4, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,400 | Nov 18, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,830 | Oct 27, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,080 | Oct 5, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,920 | Oct 24, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Nov 13, 1999 |
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.