Tamarac Fire
The Tamarac Fire burned 2,220 acres in Minnesota, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to April 30, 2003.
- Size
- 2,220 acres
- Ignition
- April 30, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,220 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.420, -96.000.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,220 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 30, 2003
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4842009600020030430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 40 std.
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 | |
| Agassiz Fire | 2,150 | May 3, 2003 | Human |
| Gully Fire | 2,140 | Apr 9, 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. 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.