Wildfires of 2002

Tenbrook Fire

2002North DakotaWildfire

The Tenbrook Fire burned 15,732 acres in North Dakota, in 2002. It was discovered on July 5, 2002, and contained on July 18, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
15,732 acres
Discovered
July 5, 2002
Contained
July 18, 2002
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 30,581 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.052, -101.260.

The record

Reported final size
15,732 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
30,581 acres
Discovered
July 5, 2002, 12:53 p.m. local time
Contained
July 18, 2002, 10:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
North Dakota
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Standing Rock Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Part of
Kraft Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Kraft-Com.
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
ND4612610116620020705
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-325350

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

FireAcresStartCause
Manvel Fire5,500Apr 16, 2002
32BRAVO Fire3,200Jul 4, 2002Natural
BISRURAL2 Fire2,554Jun 20, 2002Natural
Little Mo Fire1,335May 4, 2002
Bale II Fire1,076Jun 29, 2002Human
Unnamed Fire1,046Jul 3, 2002

Every fire of 2002 North Dakota fire history

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.