Winchell Fire
The Winchell Fire burned 1,269 acres in Minnesota, in 1995. It was discovered on June 20, 1995, and contained on July 3, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,269 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1995
- Contained
- July 3, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,224 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.987, -90.618.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,269 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,224 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,766 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1995, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4799009061419950620
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-310158
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 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 | |
| Unit 16 Fire | 1,559 | May 5, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,120 | May 24, 1995 | |
| Swede Fire | 1,010 | Jun 20, 1995 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.