Northwest Fire
The Northwest Fire burned 2,071 acres in Minnesota, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to October 23, 1989.
- Size
- 2,071 acres
- Ignition
- October 23, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,071 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.385, -96.016.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,071 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 23, 1989
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4838509601619891023
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No appropriate pre-scene for better offset.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19893
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,007 | May 7, 1989 | |
| Lost River Fire | 1,483 | May 2, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,349 | May 7, 1989 |
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.