Sawlog Fire
The Sawlog Fire burned 1,278 acres in Nebraska, in 2000. It was discovered on September 6, 2000, and contained on September 12, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,278 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2000
- Contained
- September 12, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,408 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.618, -103.333.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,278 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,408 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,277 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2000, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Part of
- Deadman Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4262410332020000906
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-361798
- Note on the perimeter
- Ponderosa pine mature uncut
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Horn Fire | 45,768 | Sep 17, 2000 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.