Red Kate Fire
The Red Kate Fire was reported on March 21, 2019 in Garden County, Nebraska and burned 7,800 acres. It was declared out on March 29, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,800 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- March 21, 2019
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.668, -102.203.
The incident
- Size
- 7,800 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- March 21, 2019 at 4:11 PM MDT
- Contained
- March 22, 2019 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- March 29, 2019 at 10:16 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Ignition on private, spread onto Crescent Lake NWR.
- County
- Garden County
- State
- Nebraska
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NENES-190115
- IRWIN identifier
- 8ED4A881-280F-4EBA-B783-BF1784A8EC0E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oshkosh, NE covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 3, 2019 at 11:27 AM MDT. Identifier 2019-NENES-190115.