Fischer Fire
The Fischer Fire burned 2,543 acres in North Dakota, in 2004. It was discovered on April 5, 2004, and contained on April 11, 2004. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,543 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2004
- Contained
- April 11, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,574 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.337, -100.631.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,543 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,574 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2004, 2:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Standing Rock Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4631010060420040405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-325732
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Fire | 3,740 | Sep 1, 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
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.