Big Fire
The Big Fire burned 2,983 acres in Minnesota, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to April 25, 1997.
- Size
- 2,983 acres
- Ignition
- April 25, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,983 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.479, -93.712.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,983 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 25, 1997
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4547909371219970425
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 19 std.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19972
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| R307 Fire | 2,178 | May 2, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 600 | Apr 29, 1997 | 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.