Wildfires of 1999

RL424 Fire

1999MinnesotaWildfire

The RL424 Fire burned 1,000 acres in Minnesota, in 1999. It was discovered on April 25, 1999, and contained on April 25, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
April 25, 1999
Contained
April 25, 1999
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 47.975, -95.392.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
April 25, 1999, 11:45 a.m. local time
Contained
April 25, 1999, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Minnesota
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Red Lake Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-378958

Other large fires in Minnesota in 19997

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire3,490Apr 28, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire3,000Oct 31, 1999Human
Diversion Fire1,574Apr 29, 1999
Unnamed Fire1,500Apr 28, 1999Human
Moose Past Fire1,081Nov 17, 1999
Greerlk Fire1,050May 1, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire480Apr 28, 1999Human

Every fire of 1999 Minnesota fire history

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.