Snake Crk Fire
The Snake Crk Fire burned 16,000 acres in Nebraska, in 2000. It was discovered on July 23, 2000, and contained on July 24, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 16,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2000
- Contained
- July 24, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,910 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.000, -103.383.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,910 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2000, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2000, 4:00 a.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
- NE4199710340020000723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000NECLR6438
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 |
| 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
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.