Unit 20 Fire
The Unit 20 Fire burned 1,026 acres in Minnesota, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to May 3, 1990.
- Size
- 1,026 acres
- Ignition
- May 3, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,026 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.505, -93.707.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,026 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 3, 1990
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4550509370719900503
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre-image.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19908
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 43,529 | Apr 18, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 32,689 | Apr 18, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 26,357 | Apr 21, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,027 | Nov 30, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,816 | Apr 22, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,858 | Apr 13, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,368 | Mar 25, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,092 | Mar 26, 1990 |
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.