Riverdale Woods/Downstream Fire
The Riverdale Woods/Downstream Fire burned 1,764 acres in North Dakota, in 2006. It was discovered on April 4, 2006, and contained on April 4, 2006. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,764 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 2006
- Contained
- April 4, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,705 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.485, -101.416.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,764 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,705 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 2006, 11:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 4, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4746810142120060404
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006NDADRCFJ7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lund Fire | 9,499 | Jul 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Hb 35 Fire | 2,162 | Apr 22, 2006 | |
| Raging Hills Fire | 1,800 | Apr 5, 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.