Dawes County Complex
The Dawes County Complex burned 17,899 acres in Dawes County, Nebraska, in 2006. It was discovered on July 28, 2006, and contained on August 20, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 17,899 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006
- Contained
- August 20, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 27,916 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.691, -102.961.
The record
- Reported final size
- 17,899 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 27,916 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,929 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2006, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 27, 2006
- Contained
- August 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Dawes County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Part of
- Dawes County Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Roberts Tract
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NENBF-060758
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4270310305920060727
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1441498
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- NE-NBF-060758 P2C1ZF
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 20064
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux County Complex | 48,800 | Jul 27, 2006 | Natural |
| Roberts Tract Fire | 9,930 | ||
| Four Corners Fire | 5,954 | Jan 15, 2006 | Human |
| Valentine Fire | 3,100 | Jul 16, 2006 | Human |
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.