Wildfires of 2003

Gully Fire

2003Polk County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Gully Fire burned 2,140 acres in Polk County, Minnesota, in 2003. It was discovered on April 9, 2003. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
2,140 acres
Discovered
April 9, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 47.821, -95.654.

The record

Reported final size
2,140 acres
Discovered
April 9, 2003
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Minnesota
County
Polk County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-MN0349-1636

Other large fires in Minnesota in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Reiner 36 Fire38,753Apr 9, 2003Human
Canada Fire15,000Mar 29, 2003Human
Caribou Fire12,680Apr 10, 2003Human
Unnamed Fire11,529May 1, 2003
Units 37 38 39 A Fire4,878Apr 23, 2003
Chippewa Prairie Fire3,191Apr 12, 2003Human
Unnamed Fire2,991May 16, 2003
Rothsay Fire2,855Oct 7, 2003Human
Units 34 33 W Fire2,646Apr 10, 2003
Elm Lake Fire2,354Oct 22, 2003
Tamarac Fire2,220Apr 30, 2003
Agassiz Fire2,150May 3, 2003Human

Every fire of 2003 Minnesota fire history

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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.