Wildfires of 1998

Unnamed Fire

1998Marshall County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,920 acres in Marshall County, Minnesota, in 1998. It was discovered on April 23, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,920 acres
Discovered
April 23, 1998
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.526, -96.100.

The record

Reported final size
1,920 acres
Discovered
April 23, 1998
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Minnesota
County
Marshall 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-MN0349-922302

Other large fires in Minnesota in 199812

FireAcresStartCause
RL3 Fire6,000Mar 16, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire5,140Apr 25, 1998Human
Units 1617 Fire4,651Apr 12, 1998
16 A Fire4,250Apr 24, 1998
Unnamed Fire1,280Apr 24, 1998Human
Units 23 A Fire1,265Apr 23, 1998
Lee Fire1,135Apr 23, 1998
RL336 Fire1,122Apr 25, 1998Human
Andreasen Fire1,002Apr 22, 1998
Unnamed Fire1,000Mar 30, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire827Apr 25, 1998Human
West Skunk Fire750Mar 19, 1998Human

Every fire of 1998 Minnesota fire history

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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.