Blue Lake Fire
The Blue Lake Fire burned 5,000 acres in Garden County, Nebraska, in 2013. It was discovered on May 15, 2013, and contained on May 15, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2013
- Contained
- May 15, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.703, -102.439.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 15, 2013, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 15, 2013, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nebraska
- County
- Garden County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013NECLRHG23
Other large fires in Nebraska in 20131
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Mar 20, 2013 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.