Alpine Lake Fire
The Alpine Lake Fire burned 1,335 acres in Cook County, Minnesota, in 2005. It was discovered on August 6, 2005, and contained on August 8, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to July 30, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,335 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2005
- Contained
- August 8, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,169 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.140, -90.968.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,335 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,169 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,411 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2005, 12:45 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 30, 2005
- Contained
- August 8, 2005, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Cook County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4814109095120050730
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1426052
- Note on the perimeter
- Beaver & Helicopter 6GH began water drops. It was determined that available resources were not sufficient. A Type II MNICS Team was ordered, transition on 08/07. Transitioned to Type III on 08/22. Transitioned to Type IV on 08/26.
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 20059
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Zone RX Burn Fire | 8,942 | Sep 6, 2005 | |
| Juneberry Fire | 2,700 | May 6, 2005 | Human |
| Hinterlands Fire | 2,508 | Apr 11, 2005 | |
| 8 H Moose Pasture Fire | 2,401 | May 4, 2005 | |
| Red Lake 181 Fire | 2,210 | Apr 14, 2005 | |
| Madsen Unit 10 Fire | 1,861 | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| Waumbach Fire | 1,800 | May 6, 2005 | Human |
| Grand Mews Fire | 1,254 | May 2, 2005 | |
| Red Lake 045 Fire | 299 | Apr 5, 2005 | Human |
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.