Rough Crk Fire
The Rough Crk Fire burned 7,979 acres in McKenzie County, North Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on October 31, 1999, and contained on November 6, 1999. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 7,979 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999
- Contained
- November 6, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,884 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.725, -103.286.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,979 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,884 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 6, 1999, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- McKenzie County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Custer Gallatin National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Rough Creek Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4765210316719991031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-353871
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in North Dakota in 19996
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gap/Rough Creek Fire | 51,627 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Solen Fire | 2,160 | Mar 26, 1999 | Human |
| Hough&juhl Fire | 1,320 | Oct 21, 1999 | Human |
| LD2305 Fire | 1,190 | Nov 1, 1999 | Human |
| Askvig Fire | 1,100 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,062 | Nov 1, 1999 |
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. 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.