Mossagate Fire
The Mossagate Fire burned 4,300 acres in Fall River County, Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on July 21, 2012, and contained on July 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,300 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2012
- Contained
- July 25, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,866 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.371, -104.025.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,866 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,304 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2012, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Fall River County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYNIX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WYNCD-120715
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4337110402520120721
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1504964
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Cannot find in GPC spreadsheet, listed in FIRESTAT - P2G23Z; Edgemont, Hot Springs, Minnekahta, Niobrara County, Weston County, Fall River County, and Wyoming responded. Report completed by Matt Tschacher. Grass cover. Attributes filled in from FIRESTAT
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.