Cornland Fire
The Cornland Fire burned 1,200 acres in Iowa, in 2003. It was discovered on March 23, 2003, and contained on March 25, 2003. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2003
- Contained
- March 25, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.257, -91.094.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 23, 2003, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 25, 2003, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Iowa
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003IAPLRC086
Nearby
Sources
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.