Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Beltrami County, Minnesota, in 1998. It was discovered on March 30, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.318, -95.527.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 1998
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Beltrami County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-922251
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 |
| 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 | 827 | Apr 25, 1998 | Human |
| West Skunk Fire | 750 | Mar 19, 1998 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.