N. Route Fire
The N. Route Fire burned 1,292 acres in South Dakota, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to September 28, 1991.
- Size
- 1,292 acres
- Ignition
- September 28, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,292 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.494, -102.190.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,292 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 28, 1991
- State
- South Dakota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- SD4349410219019910928
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset
Other large fires in South Dakota in 19916
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 14,493 | Oct 1, 1991 | |
| Shirttail Fire | 6,825 | Apr 4, 1991 | |
| Yellowrobe Fire | 4,679 | Sep 21, 1991 | |
| Horse Creek/Mcvay Fire | 2,084 | Apr 5, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,436 | Aug 28, 1991 | |
| Dewey 2 Fire | 1,102 | Oct 1, 1991 |
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.