Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,299 acres in Minnesota, in 1996. It was discovered on April 30, 1996, and contained on April 30, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,299 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 1996
- Contained
- April 30, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,904 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.463, -93.666.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,299 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,904 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 1996, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 30, 1996, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4546609367019960430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996MNSBR3153
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 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 |
| 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
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.