Chicagolake Fire
The Chicagolake Fire burned 4,690 acres in North Dakota, in 1994. It was discovered on April 16, 1994, and contained on April 17, 1994.
- Size
- 4,690 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 1994
- Contained
- April 17, 1994
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,594 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.033, -99.383.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,690 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,594 acres
- Discovered
- April 16, 1994, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 17, 1994, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4703709941019940416
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1994NDFLR6619
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 19941
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Fire | 1,640 | May 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. 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.