Watts Fire
The Watts Fire burned 1,051 acres in Nebraska, in 2000. It was discovered on September 17, 2000, and contained on September 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,051 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2000
- Contained
- September 28, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,062 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.571, -100.683.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,051 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,062 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2000, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 28, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Part of
- Valentine Complex (Ne)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4258210070120000917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000NEVAR6614
- Note on the perimeter
- 20 std.
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
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.