Louisburgrade Fire
The Louisburgrade Fire burned 7,331 acres in Big Stone County, Minnesota, in 2004. It was discovered on April 14, 2004. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 7,331 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,493 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.209, -96.198.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,331 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,493 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2004
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Big Stone County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4522009624220040414
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-4094
- Note on the perimeter
- the scar contains shrubs and trees but they did not burn
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,560 | Apr 18, 2004 | Human |
| RL332 Fire | 1,716 | May 17, 2004 | Human |
| Wui Unit 16 Fire | 1,592 | Apr 6, 2004 | |
| Gully Fire | 1,540 | Apr 27, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Apr 25, 2004 | Human |
| Section 33 Wfu Fire | 1,435 | Jul 8, 2004 | Natural |
| South Main Road Fire | 1,385 | May 6, 2004 | |
| Fish Fire | 1,149 | Apr 7, 2004 | Human |
| Superior RX Burn 2 Fire | 1,128 | Sep 29, 2004 | |
| St Hilaire Fire | 1,120 | Apr 28, 2004 | Human |
| Ditch 20 Fire | 1,000 | Apr 24, 2004 | Human |
| Eagan Fire | 1,000 | Apr 14, 2004 | 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.