Wellnitz Fire
The Wellnitz Fire burned 28,800 acres in Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on August 31, 2012, and contained on September 5, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to August 29, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 28,800 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2012
- Contained
- September 5, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 77,396 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.000, -102.690.
The record
- Reported final size
- 28,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 77,396 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 29, 2012
- Contained
- September 5, 2012, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pine Ridge Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4282410260920120829
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-644862
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 |
| 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.