Wildfires of 1992

Unnamed Fire

1992Morrison County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,737 acres in Morrison County, Minnesota, in 1992. It was discovered on April 5, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,737 acres
Discovered
April 5, 1992
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 45.877, -93.981.

The record

Reported final size
1,737 acres
Discovered
April 5, 1992
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Minnesota
County
Morrison County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-MN0349-914157

Other large fires in Minnesota in 19925

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire5,200May 10, 1992Human
Sharptail Fire2,278May 6, 1992
Unnamed Fire2,200May 10, 1992Human
Unit 25 Fire1,462Apr 27, 1992
Unnamed Fire1,150May 10, 1992Human

Every fire of 1992 Minnesota fire history

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Sources

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.