Wildfires of 2000

Neugerfire Fire

2000North DakotaWildfire

The Neugerfire Fire burned 1,900 acres in North Dakota, in 2000. It was discovered on September 12, 2000, and contained on September 12, 2000. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,900 acres
Discovered
September 12, 2000
Contained
September 12, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,150 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.294, -100.794.

The record

Reported final size
1,900 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,150 acres
Discovered
September 12, 2000, 12:15 p.m. local time
Contained
September 12, 2000, 9:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
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
ND4629310075220000912
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-324809
Note on the perimeter
Logical imagery used regarding extreme rdnbr offset

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 20004

FireAcresStartCause
Red Cross Fire4,000Apr 4, 2000Human
Talkington 1 Fire1,866Aug 26, 2000Natural
Sweat Fire1,242Aug 2, 2000Human
MAC2 Fire1,000Mar 25, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 North Dakota fire history

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.