Mckinley 2 Fire
The Mckinley 2 Fire burned 600 acres in Kittson County, Minnesota, in 2003. It was discovered on April 30, 2003. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 600 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,654 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.932, -96.583.
The record
- Reported final size
- 600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,654 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2003
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Kittson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4888509659420030430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-2362
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 Minnesota in 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reiner 36 Fire | 38,753 | Apr 9, 2003 | Human |
| Canada Fire | 15,000 | Mar 29, 2003 | Human |
| Caribou Fire | 12,680 | Apr 10, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,529 | May 1, 2003 | |
| Units 37 38 39 A Fire | 4,878 | Apr 23, 2003 | |
| Chippewa Prairie Fire | 3,191 | Apr 12, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,991 | May 16, 2003 | |
| Rothsay Fire | 2,855 | Oct 7, 2003 | Human |
| Units 34 33 W Fire | 2,646 | Apr 10, 2003 | |
| Elm Lake Fire | 2,354 | Oct 22, 2003 | |
| Tamarac Fire | 2,220 | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| Agassiz Fire | 2,150 | May 3, 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.