Ft.Robinson Fire
198946,863 acresNebraska
The Ft.Robinson Fire burned 46,863 acres, about 73 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 8, 1989.
Watch how it happenedFt.Robinson Fire · 1989
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 7.1% | 3,340 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 19% | 9,025 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 31% | 14,759 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 36% | 17,017 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 5.8% | 2,722 |
7% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 3,340 acres; 26% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Sioux County | NE | 46,160 |
| Dawes County | NE | 725 |
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.