Lund Fire
The Lund Fire burned 9,499 acres in North Dakota, in 2006. It was discovered on July 18, 2006, and contained on July 24, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,499 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2006
- Contained
- July 24, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,423 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.096, -100.801.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,499 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,423 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2006, 2:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2006, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Standing Rock Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Standing Rock Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4610910082020060718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-528803
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 North Dakota in 20065
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hb 35 Fire | 2,162 | Apr 22, 2006 | |
| Raging Hills Fire | 1,800 | Apr 5, 2006 | Human |
| Riverdale Woods/Downstream Fire | 1,764 | Apr 4, 2006 | Human |
| Brown Wf Fire | 1,303 | Apr 16, 2006 | Human |
| Rice Lake 1 Fire | 1,150 | Apr 8, 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.