Mothers Day Fire
The Mothers Day Fire burned 1,000 acres in Nebraska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 8, 2011, and contained on May 8, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2011
- Contained
- May 8, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,048 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.867, -100.836.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,048 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2011, 8:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 8, 2011, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4188410083120110508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011NEVARF3L9
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 20117
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Ca Fire | 7,000 | Oct 4, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,500 | Feb 16, 2011 | Human |
| Thedford II Fire | 3,895 | Apr 22, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,650 | Mar 18, 2011 | Human |
| Halsey Dump Fire | 2,847 | Apr 5, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Graduation Fire | 1,056 | May 7, 2011 | 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.