Units 1617 Fire
The Units 1617 Fire burned 4,651 acres in Minnesota, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to April 12, 1998.
- Size
- 4,651 acres
- Ignition
- April 12, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,651 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.514, -93.707.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,651 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 12, 1998
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4551409370619980412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 54 std.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL3 Fire | 6,000 | Mar 16, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,140 | Apr 25, 1998 | Human |
| 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. 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.