Wildfires of 2004

Unnamed Fire

2004MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,560 acres in Minnesota, in 2004. It was discovered on April 18, 2004, and contained on April 18, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
2,560 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2004
Contained
April 18, 2004
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,966 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.987, -95.503.

The record

Reported final size
2,560 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,966 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2004, 10:45 a.m. local time
Contained
April 18, 2004, 4:30 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Debris and open burning
State
Minnesota
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
Red Lake Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
MN4798709550320040418
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-381417

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

FireAcresStartCause
Louisburgrade Fire7,331Apr 14, 2004Human
RL332 Fire1,716May 17, 2004Human
Wui Unit 16 Fire1,592Apr 6, 2004
Gully Fire1,540Apr 27, 2004Human
Unnamed Fire1,500Apr 25, 2004Human
Section 33 Wfu Fire1,435Jul 8, 2004Natural
South Main Road Fire1,385May 6, 2004
Fish Fire1,149Apr 7, 2004Human
Superior RX Burn 2 Fire1,128Sep 29, 2004
St Hilaire Fire1,120Apr 28, 2004Human
Ditch 20 Fire1,000Apr 24, 2004Human
Eagan Fire1,000Apr 14, 2004Human

Every fire of 2004 Minnesota fire history

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.