Tenbrook Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manvel Fire | 5,500 | Apr 16, 2002 | |
| 32BRAVO Fire | 3,200 | Jul 4, 2002 | Natural |
| BISRURAL2 Fire | 2,554 | Jun 20, 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.