Four Corners Fire
The Four Corners Fire burned 5,954 acres in Thomas County, Nebraska, in 2006. It was discovered on January 15, 2006, and contained on January 20, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 5,954 acres
- Discovered
- January 15, 2006
- Contained
- January 20, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,238 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.867, -100.483.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,954 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,238 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,954 acres
- Discovered
- January 15, 2006, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Thomas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NENBF-060024
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4186710048420060115
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1431949
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 |
| Dawes County Complex | 17,899 | Jul 28, 2006 | Natural |
| Roberts Tract Fire | 9,930 | ||
| 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.