Val Comp Fire
The Val Comp Fire burned 15,504 acres in Nebraska, in 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to September 17, 2000.
- Size
- 15,504 acres
- Ignition
- September 17, 2000
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,504 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.488, -100.662.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,504 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 17, 2000
- State
- Nebraska
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4248810066220000917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 34 std.
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 |
| 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. 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.