West Ash Fire
The West Ash Fire burned 56,471 acres in Dawes County, Nebraska, in 2012. It was discovered on August 28, 2012, and contained on October 1, 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to August 29, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 56,471 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2012
- Contained
- October 1, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 55,218 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.624, -103.253.
The record
- Reported final size
- 56,471 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 55,218 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 56,471 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 2012, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 29, 2012
- Contained
- October 1, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Dawes County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Nebraska National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NENBF
- Part of
- Region 23 Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Ash Creek
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NENES-121132
- MTBS fire identifier
- NE4262410325320120829
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1510844
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- PNG67J - Rocky Mountian Type 2 IMT (Team C); Region 23 Complex
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 |
| 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
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.