Keith County Complex
The Keith County Complex burned 60,000 acres in Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on August 2, 2012, and contained on August 3, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 60,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2012
- Contained
- August 3, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,544 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.315, -101.927.
The record
- Reported final size
- 60,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,544 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2012, 5:21 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2012, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Keith County Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4138510192220120802
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012NENFS15275
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 |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,501 | Jul 15, 2012 |
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.