Bennie Peer Fire
The Bennie Peer Fire burned 1,500 acres in McKenzie County, North Dakota, in 1998. It was discovered on February 22, 1998, and contained on February 22, 1998. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- February 22, 1998
- Contained
- February 22, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,234 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.438, -103.823.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,234 acres
- Discovered
- February 22, 1998, 4:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 22, 1998, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- McKenzie County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4743610379819980222
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-330713
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 North Dakota in 19981
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| N Elbow Lake Fire | 1,158 | Jul 25, 1998 |
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.