Cannon Fire
The Cannon Fire burned 2,000 acres in Kittson County, Minnesota, in 2002. It was discovered on April 30, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 761 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.806, -96.632.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 761 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2002
- 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
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4880909662020020430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-928337
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lake 468 Fire | 8,480 | May 15, 2002 | Human |
| RL13 Fire | 7,455 | Apr 6, 2002 | Human |
| Unit 4 Fire | 5,879 | Apr 30, 2002 | |
| Camelback Bridge Fire | 3,020 | Jun 1, 2002 | Human |
| Mckinley Fire | 2,400 | Apr 30, 2002 | Human |
| RL33 Fire | 2,010 | Apr 8, 2002 | Human |
| RL59 Fire | 1,971 | Apr 12, 2002 | Human |
| RL39 Fire | 1,875 | Apr 9, 2002 | Human |
| RL169 Fire | 1,500 | Apr 15, 2002 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,320 | May 31, 2002 | Human |
| By Pass Fire | 1,260 | May 31, 2002 | Human |
| Honey Joe Fire | 1,160 | Apr 15, 2002 | Human |
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.