Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 800 acres in Roseau County, Minnesota, in 1994. It was discovered on May 12, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 800 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,180 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.867, -95.429.
The record
- Reported final size
- 800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,180 acres
- Discovered
- May 12, 1994
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Roseau County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4887009544519940512
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-916439
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 Minnesota in 19943
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 11,420 | Apr 23, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,200 | Apr 18, 1994 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,800 | Apr 22, 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.