Region 24 Complex
The Region 24 Complex burned 66,745 acres in Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on July 20, 2012, and contained on July 28, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 66,745 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2012
- Contained
- July 28, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 66,306 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.774, -100.062.
The record
- Reported final size
- 66,745 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 66,306 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2012, 8:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2012, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Region 24 Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4284210010820120720
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012NENFS15311
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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.