Talkington 1 Fire
The Talkington 1 Fire burned 1,866 acres in Billings County, North Dakota, in 2000. It was discovered on August 26, 2000, and contained on August 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,866 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2000
- Contained
- August 28, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,205 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.958, -103.258.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,866 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,205 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,866 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 2000, 2:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2000, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Billings County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NDDPF
- Part of
- Blacktail Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-NDDPF-000015
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4696010324920000826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-361813
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Cross Fire | 4,000 | Apr 4, 2000 | Human |
| Neugerfire Fire | 1,900 | Sep 12, 2000 | Human |
| Sweat Fire | 1,242 | Aug 2, 2000 | Human |
| MAC2 Fire | 1,000 | Mar 25, 2000 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.