Unit 4 Fire
The Unit 4 Fire burned 5,879 acres in Minnesota, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to April 30, 2002.
- Size
- 5,879 acres
- Ignition
- April 30, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,879 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.508, -93.775.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,879 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 30, 2002
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4549309376920020430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 |
| 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 |
| 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. 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.