Region 24 Complex
201266,306 acresNebraska
The Region 24 Complex burned 66,306 acres, about 104 square miles, across 3 counties. It began on July 20, 2012.
Watch how it happenedRegion 24 Complex · 2012
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 71% | 46,902 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 19% | 12,659 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 10% | 6,745 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
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.
| Keya Paha County | NE | 34,700 |
| Brown County | NE | 26,060 |
| Cherry County | NE | 5,589 |
Other large fires in Nebraska in 2012
- Wellnitz Fire77,396 acres
- West Ash Fire55,218 acres
- Douthit Fire29,027 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.