Wildfires of 2005

Unnamed Fire

2005Wayne County, IowaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,200 acres in Wayne County, Iowa, in 2005. It was discovered on March 20, 2005, and contained on March 20, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
March 20, 2005
Contained
March 20, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.863, -93.280.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
March 20, 2005
Contained
March 20, 2005
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Iowa
County
Wayne County
Reporting unit
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-IA00470505-0313

Other large fires in Iowa in 20051

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire4,000Mar 6, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Iowa fire history

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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.