Whitefeather Lake Fire
The Whitefeather Lake Fire burned 4,750 acres in Minnesota, in 1996. It was discovered on June 12, 1996, and contained on July 1, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,750 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 1996
- Contained
- July 1, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,283 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.150, -91.987.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,283 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,961 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 1996, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 1996, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4814909192719960612
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-317996
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Carpenter Fire | 1,207 | May 13, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,155 | May 4, 1996 | Human |
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.