Buffalo Creek Fire
The Buffalo Creek Fire was reported on November 14, 2021 in Banner County, Nebraska and burned 2,600 acres. It was declared out on November 29, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 14, 2021
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported (hand sketch). Point of origin 41.686, -103.587.
The incident
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 14, 2021 at 12:30 PM MST
- Contained
- November 24, 2021 at 2:15 PM MST
- Controlled
- November 24, 2021 at 2:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 29, 2021 at 4:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Buffalo Creek Wildlife Management Area 10 Miles SE of Gering, NE
- County
- Banner County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Gering
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $350,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NENES-210959
- IRWIN identifier
- 73BFB602-BC56-4F24-B382-213B86A75828
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Minatare, 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 December 23, 2021 at 8:55 AM MST. Identifier 2021-NENES-210959.