Wildfires of 2001

Unnamed Fire

2001Kittson County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,200 acres in Kittson County, Minnesota, in 2001. It was discovered on May 13, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
May 13, 2001
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.545, -96.521.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
May 13, 2001
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Minnesota
County
Kittson County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-MN0349-927321

Other large fires in Minnesota in 20013

FireAcresStartCause
RL215 Fire13,820Apr 29, 2001Human
Parker 12 A Fire2,337Nov 6, 2001
Pool 8 Fire1,001May 10, 2001

Every fire of 2001 Minnesota fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.