Aspen Fire
The Aspen Fire burned 1,273 acres in North Dakota, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to August 28, 1996.
- Size
- 1,273 acres
- Ignition
- August 28, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,273 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.621, -102.423.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,273 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 28, 1996
- State
- North Dakota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4862110242319960828
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 53 std.
Other large fires in North Dakota in 19962
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kruses Fire | 1,515 | Aug 22, 1996 | |
| P Chicken Fire | 1,122 | Oct 16, 1996 |
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.