Dawson Fire
The Dawson Fire burned 3,000 acres in Kidder County, North Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on August 17, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.923, -99.818.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 17, 2003
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Kidder County
- Reporting unit
- North Dakota State Forest Service
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2003_ND-NDS-002
Other large fires in North Dakota in 20037
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcclean Bottoms Fire | 6,000 | Apr 9, 2003 | Human |
| Kensel 1 Fire | 1,760 | Apr 12, 2003 | Human |
| Kruse Fire | 1,509 | Oct 8, 2003 | |
| Wilton Fire | 1,500 | Aug 23, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,400 | Oct 21, 2003 | Human |
| Aspen Fire | 1,293 | May 1, 2003 | |
| Olerud Fire | 943 | Mar 24, 2003 | Human |
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.