Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire burned 4,100 acres in Sioux County, Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on June 17, 2012, and contained on June 22, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,100 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2012
- Contained
- June 22, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,922 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.736, -103.729.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,922 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,161 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2012, 11:37 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 22, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Sioux County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska Forest Service
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4273610372920120617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2012-NE-NES-120420
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region 24 Complex | 66,745 | Jul 20, 2012 | Natural |
| Keith County Complex | 60,000 | Aug 2, 2012 | Natural |
| West Ash Fire | 56,471 | Aug 28, 2012 | Natural |
| Douthit Fire | 29,730 | Aug 28, 2012 | Natural |
| Wellnitz Fire | 28,800 | Aug 31, 2012 | Natural |
| Turner Tatanka Fire | 19,000 | Aug 2, 2012 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 18,020 | Sep 8, 2012 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,980 | Jul 15, 2012 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,380 | Jul 23, 2012 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,011 | Jul 15, 2012 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,303 | Sep 8, 2012 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,793 | Sep 8, 2012 |
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.