Red Lake 045 Fire
The Red Lake 045 Fire burned 299 acres in Minnesota, in 2005. It was discovered on April 5, 2005, and contained on April 5, 2005. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 299 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2005
- Contained
- April 5, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,375 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.036, -95.499.
The record
- Reported final size
- 299 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,375 acres
- Discovered
- April 5, 2005, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 5, 2005, 7:30 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
- MN4803109551820050405
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-501247
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 |
| Alpine Lake Fire | 1,335 | Aug 6, 2005 | Natural |
| Grand Mews Fire | 1,254 | May 2, 2005 |
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.