Carpenter Fire
The Carpenter Fire burned 1,207 acres in Minnesota, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to May 13, 1996.
- Size
- 1,207 acres
- Ignition
- May 13, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,207 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.499, -93.787.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,207 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 13, 1996
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4549609378019960513
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19966
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefeather Lake Fire | 4,750 | Jun 12, 1996 | Natural |
| South Temperance Fire | 4,130 | Jun 14, 1996 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,460 | Oct 13, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,299 | Apr 30, 1996 | Human |
| Boy River Fire | 1,242 | May 5, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,155 | May 4, 1996 | 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. 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.