Sioux County Complex
The Sioux County Complex burned 48,800 acres in Sioux County, Nebraska, in 2006. It was discovered on July 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 48,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 39,531 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.741, -103.790.
The record
- Reported final size
- 48,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 39,531 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Sioux County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Sioux County Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4275510381220060727
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006-NE-NES-060762
- Note on the perimeter
- 96
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawes County Complex | 17,899 | Jul 28, 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
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.