Diversion Fire
The Diversion Fire burned 1,574 acres in Minnesota, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to April 29, 1999.
- Size
- 1,574 acres
- Ignition
- April 29, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,574 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.354, -95.811.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,574 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 29, 1999
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4835409581119990429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Thin clouds in post image
Other large fires in Minnesota in 19997
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 3,490 | Apr 28, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Apr 28, 1999 | Human |
| Moose Past Fire | 1,081 | Nov 17, 1999 | |
| Greerlk Fire | 1,050 | May 1, 1999 | Human |
| RL424 Fire | 1,000 | Apr 25, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 480 | Apr 28, 1999 | 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.