RL3 Fire
The RL3 Fire burned 6,000 acres in Minnesota, in 1998. It was discovered on March 16, 1998, and contained on March 19, 1998. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 1998
- Contained
- March 19, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,884 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.117, -95.300.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,884 acres
- Discovered
- March 16, 1998, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 19, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Red Lake Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4810309539819980316
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-378042
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,140 | Apr 25, 1998 | Human |
| Units 1617 Fire | 4,651 | Apr 12, 1998 | |
| 16 A Fire | 4,250 | Apr 24, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,920 | Apr 23, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,280 | Apr 24, 1998 | Human |
| Units 23 A Fire | 1,265 | Apr 23, 1998 | |
| Lee Fire | 1,135 | Apr 23, 1998 | |
| RL336 Fire | 1,122 | Apr 25, 1998 | Human |
| Andreasen Fire | 1,002 | Apr 22, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Mar 30, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 827 | Apr 25, 1998 | Human |
| West Skunk Fire | 750 | Mar 19, 1998 | 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.