Solen Fire
The Solen Fire burned 2,160 acres in North Dakota, in 1999. It was discovered on March 26, 1999, and contained on March 26, 1999. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 2,160 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1999
- Contained
- March 26, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,155 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.328, -100.771.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,160 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,155 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1999, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 26, 1999, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Standing Rock Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4635010081119990326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-324446
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 |
| Rough Crk Fire | 7,979 | Oct 31, 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.