RL206 Fire
The RL206 Fire burned 1,920 acres in Minnesota, in 2000. It was discovered on March 17, 2000, and contained on March 17, 2000. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,920 acres
- Discovered
- March 17, 2000
- Contained
- March 17, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,774 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.956, -95.409.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,920 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,774 acres
- Discovered
- March 17, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 17, 2000, 5:30 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
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4794609537820000317
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-379294
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 Minnesota in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 9,190 | Apr 23, 2000 | |
| Carlos Edge Fire | 8,513 | Oct 19, 2000 | Human |
| RL208 Fire | 5,120 | Mar 17, 2000 | Human |
| Unit 25 Fire | 3,409 | Mar 30, 2000 | |
| RL207 Fire | 3,250 | Mar 18, 2000 | Human |
| RL205 Fire | 2,200 | Mar 5, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,020 | May 3, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,000 | Mar 1, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,955 | May 21, 2000 | |
| East Pool L Fire | 1,851 | Oct 11, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,849 | Oct 19, 2000 | |
| Kelly Plu P Fire | 1,724 | Apr 24, 2000 |
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.