Sandy Lake Fire
The Sandy Lake Fire burned 26,620 acres in Minnesota, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to April 18, 1987.
- Size
- 26,620 acres
- Ignition
- April 18, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,620 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 47.905, -95.408.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,620 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 18, 1987
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4794509549119870418
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Minnesota in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 131,408 | Apr 5, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,826 | Apr 12, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,281 | Apr 6, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,376 | Apr 9, 1987 | |
| Golden Val Fire | 3,150 | Apr 14, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,050 | Apr 16, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,838 | Apr 26, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,610 | Apr 3, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,510 | Mar 16, 1987 | |
| Divrson Nw Fire | 2,423 | Apr 8, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,181 | Apr 4, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,167 | May 5, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.