Famine Lake Fire
The Famine Lake Fire burned 4,104 acres in Cook County, Minnesota, in 2006. It was discovered on September 8, 2006, and contained on October 30, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,104 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 2006
- Contained
- October 30, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,014 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.964, -90.717.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,104 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,014 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,042 acres
- Discovered
- September 8, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 30, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Cook County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Suf-East Zone Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4800509074420060908
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1445691
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire reported on 09/08/06 by FS Beaver. Fire put in confine/contain strategy. Fire left confinement area on 09/14/06 and Type 2 Team was ordered.
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cavity Lake Fire | 31,830 | Jul 14, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,700 | Oct 6, 2006 | Human |
| Red Lake 16 Fire | 3,650 | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,909 | Nov 2, 2006 | Human |
| Turtle Lake Fire | 2,085 | Jul 13, 2006 | Natural |
| Redeye Fire | 1,792 | Sep 9, 2006 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,774 | Apr 7, 2006 | |
| Unit 4 Fire | 1,724 | Apr 22, 2006 | |
| Grain Bin Fire | 1,496 | Apr 26, 2006 | Human |
| Pool 8 RX Fire | 1,228 | Aug 22, 2006 | |
| Unit 12 E Fire | 1,070 | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 925 | Oct 7, 2006 | 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.