Unit 16 Fire
The Unit 16 Fire burned 1,559 acres in Minnesota, in 1995. MTBS dates its ignition to May 5, 1995.
- Size
- 1,559 acres
- Ignition
- May 5, 1995
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,559 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.522, -93.715.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,559 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 5, 1995
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4551209370119950505
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19959
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sag Corridor Fire | 12,600 | Aug 10, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,000 | Oct 17, 1995 | Human |
| R92 Fire | 3,500 | Apr 9, 1995 | Human |
| Little Gabbro Fire | 3,048 | Jun 9, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,360 | Apr 10, 1995 | Human |
| Antler Fire | 1,603 | May 2, 1995 | |
| Winchell Fire | 1,269 | Jun 20, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,120 | May 24, 1995 | |
| Swede Fire | 1,010 | Jun 20, 1995 | Natural |
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.