Clark II Fire
The Clark II Fire burned 2,100 acres in North Dakota, in 1992. It was discovered on October 11, 1992, and contained on October 11, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,100 acres
- Discovered
- October 11, 1992
- Contained
- October 11, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,443 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.806, -99.767.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,443 acres
- Discovered
- October 11, 1992, 1:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 11, 1992, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Turtle Mountain Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4878309975219921011
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-328211
- Note on the perimeter
- Unable to determine moderate thres due to interference with dry lakes and different veg and ag mix.
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in North Dakota in 19924
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Fire | 1,328 | Aug 5, 1992 | |
| Teal Slough Fire | 1,210 | May 4, 1992 | |
| N Elbow L Fire | 1,191 | Jul 22, 1992 | |
| Thomp Lake Fire | 1,084 | May 15, 1992 |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.