Big Burn Fire
The Big Burn Fire burned 2,245 acres in Wisconsin, in 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to May 5, 1994.
- Size
- 2,245 acres
- Ignition
- May 5, 1994
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,245 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.156, -90.171.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,245 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 5, 1994
- State
- Wisconsin
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WI4415609017119940505
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Wisconsin in 19941
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sommers Fire | 1,015 | Apr 2, 1994 | 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.