St Hilaire Fire
The St Hilaire Fire burned 1,120 acres in Pennington County, Minnesota, in 2004. It was discovered on April 28, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,120 acres
- Discovered
- April 28, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.005, -96.286.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,120 acres
- Discovered
- April 28, 2004
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Pennington County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0349-4386
Other large fires in Minnesota in 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisburgrade Fire | 7,331 | Apr 14, 2004 | Human |
| 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 | |
| Ditch 20 Fire | 1,000 | Apr 24, 2004 | Human |
| Eagan Fire | 1,000 | Apr 14, 2004 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.