Wildfires of 1999

Huron Complex

1999Oscoda County, MichiganWildfire

The Huron Complex burned 1,035 acres in Oscoda County, Michigan, in 1999. It was discovered on May 1, 1999, and contained on May 5, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,035 acres
Discovered
May 1, 1999
Contained
May 5, 1999
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.616, -84.060.

The record

Reported final size
1,035 acres
Discovered
May 1, 1999, 5:45 p.m. local time
Contained
May 5, 1999, 11:30 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Michigan
County
Oscoda County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Huron-Manistee National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Part of
Huron Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-350147

Other large fires in Michigan in 19991

FireAcresStartCause
MARQUETTE9 Fire5,625Apr 30, 1999Human

Every fire of 1999 Michigan 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.