Wildfires of 2006

Lund Fire

2006North DakotaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Hb 35 Fire2,162Apr 22, 2006
Raging Hills Fire1,800Apr 5, 2006Human
Riverdale Woods/Downstream Fire1,764Apr 4, 2006Human
Brown Wf Fire1,303Apr 16, 2006Human
Rice Lake 1 Fire1,150Apr 8, 2006

Every fire of 2006 North Dakota fire history

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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.