Red Lake 621 Fire
The Red Lake 621 Fire burned 683 acres in Minnesota, in 2002. It was discovered on May 25, 2002, and contained on May 25, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 683 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2002
- Contained
- May 25, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,506 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.126, -95.463.
The record
- Reported final size
- 683 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,506 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2002, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 25, 2002, 8:15 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
- MN4810809542520020525
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-380463
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 |
| Cannon Fire | 2,000 | Apr 30, 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 |
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.