Wilderness Fire
The Wilderness Fire burned 5,558 acres in North Dakota, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to September 9, 1997.
- Size
- 5,558 acres
- Ignition
- September 9, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,558 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.655, -102.462.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,558 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 9, 1997
- State
- North Dakota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4865510246219970909
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 37 std.
Other large fires in North Dakota in 19972
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOXHOLM1 Fire | 2,100 | Oct 2, 1997 | Human |
| Hb 35 Fire | 1,178 | Sep 2, 1997 |
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.