Pool 8 Prescribed Fire
The Pool 8 Prescribed Fire burned 1,169 acres in Minnesota, in 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to August 22, 2006.
- Size
- 1,169 acres
- Ignition
- August 22, 2006
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,169 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.302, -95.937.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,169 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 22, 2006
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4830209593720060822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 |
| Famine Lake Fire | 4,104 | Sep 8, 2006 | Natural |
| 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 |
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. 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.