BISRURAL2 Fire
The BISRURAL2 Fire burned 2,554 acres in North Dakota, in 2002. It was discovered on June 20, 2002, and contained on June 20, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,554 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2002
- Contained
- June 20, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,649 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.633, -100.617.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,554 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,649 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2002, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 2002, 7:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4662310061920020620
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002NDLLR6624
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 20026
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenbrook Fire | 15,732 | Jul 5, 2002 | Human |
| Manvel Fire | 5,500 | Apr 16, 2002 | |
| 32BRAVO Fire | 3,200 | Jul 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Little Mo Fire | 1,335 | May 4, 2002 | |
| Bale II Fire | 1,076 | Jun 29, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,046 | Jul 3, 2002 |
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.