Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 4,475 acres in Minnesota, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to May 13, 1988.
- Size
- 4,475 acres
- Ignition
- May 13, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,475 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 46.193, -94.432.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,475 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 13, 1988
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4619309443219880513
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Originally 2 imgs but often burned area required SS processing.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 198812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 22,278 | Apr 8, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 17,782 | Apr 10, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,444 | Apr 16, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,928 | Apr 8, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,578 | Apr 16, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,015 | Apr 30, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,074 | May 1, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,641 | Apr 8, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,440 | Apr 16, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,768 | Apr 16, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,323 | Apr 27, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,243 | Apr 8, 1988 |
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.