Soldier Creek Complex
The Soldier Creek Complex burned 3,587 acres in Sioux County, Nebraska, in 2007. It was discovered on August 13, 2007, and contained on August 19, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to August 12, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,587 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2007
- Contained
- August 19, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,837 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.683, -103.629.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,587 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,837 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 2007, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 12, 2007
- Contained
- August 19, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Sioux County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Soldier Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4268410361520070812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1452470
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 20075
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,000 | Jul 22, 2007 | Natural |
| Boots Fire | 1,856 | ||
| Fence Fire | 1,731 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Aug 10, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Mar 20, 2007 | 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.