Hughes Lake Fire
The Hughes Lake Fire burned 5,818 acres in Oscoda County, Michigan, in 2006. It was discovered on April 30, 2006, and contained on May 7, 2006. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,818 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2006
- Contained
- May 7, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,284 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.510, -84.190.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,818 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,284 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2006, 1:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 7, 2006, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Oscoda County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Huron-Manistee National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MI4453708426520060430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1446418
- Note on the perimeter
- Old dNBR offset value was -59.
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 Michigan in 20062
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,022 | May 15, 2006 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,267 | May 15, 2006 |
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.