Powder Horn Fire
The Powder Horn Fire burned 45,768 acres in Nebraska, in 2000. It was discovered on September 17, 2000, and contained on September 22, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 45,768 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2000
- Contained
- September 22, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 48,603 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.693, -101.118.
The record
- Reported final size
- 45,768 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 48,603 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 45,766 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2000, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Part of
- Powderhorn Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4268310111720000917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-361912
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Crk Fire | 16,000 | Jul 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Val Comp Fire | 15,504 | Sep 17, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 13,903 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Drywells Fire | 12,000 | Sep 3, 2000 | Natural |
| Hasnohorse Fire | 9,600 | Sep 18, 2000 | Natural |
| Pony Fire | 4,952 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,191 | Sep 3, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,924 | Oct 15, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,455 | Apr 12, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,271 | Sep 18, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,993 | Aug 13, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,944 | Jul 24, 2000 |
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. 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.