Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,460 acres in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, in 1996. It was discovered on October 13, 1996. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,460 acres
- Discovered
- October 13, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.007, -93.529.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,460 acres
- Discovered
- October 13, 1996
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Mille Lacs County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-920121
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 | 1,299 | Apr 30, 1996 | Human |
| Boy River Fire | 1,242 | May 5, 1996 | Human |
| Carpenter Fire | 1,207 | May 13, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,155 | May 4, 1996 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.