Mcclean Bottoms Fire
The Mcclean Bottoms Fire burned 6,000 acres in North Dakota, in 2003. It was discovered on April 9, 2003, and contained on April 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2003
- Contained
- April 10, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,419 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.667, -100.583.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,419 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2003, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 10, 2003, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4661310060320030409
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003NDLLR6913
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 20037
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson Fire | 3,000 | Aug 17, 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
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.