Deep Creek Fire
The Deep Creek Fire burned 3,740 acres in Slope County, North Dakota, in 2004. It was discovered on September 1, 2004, and contained on September 4, 2004. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,740 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2004
- Contained
- September 4, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,177 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.479, -103.543.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,740 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,177 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,740 acres
- Discovered
- September 1, 2004, 11:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 4, 2004, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Slope County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NDDPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NDDPF-000013
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4654110355620040901
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-398758
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
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 20044
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fischer Fire | 2,543 | Apr 5, 2004 | Human |
| Magpie Camp Fire | 1,883 | Aug 15, 2004 | Human |
| Richardton Fire | 1,500 | Sep 1, 2004 | Human |
| Windmill Fire | 1,034 | Oct 5, 2004 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.