Sharptail Fire
The Sharptail Fire burned 2,278 acres in Minnesota, in 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to May 6, 1992.
- Size
- 2,278 acres
- Ignition
- May 6, 1992
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,278 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.456, -93.701.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,278 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 6, 1992
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4545609370119920506
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter scene shows pre-existing fire, used for determining northern perimeter.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19925
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,200 | May 10, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | May 10, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,737 | Apr 5, 1992 | Human |
| Unit 25 Fire | 1,462 | Apr 27, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,150 | May 10, 1992 | Human |
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.