Turtle Lake Fire
The Turtle Lake Fire burned 2,085 acres in Lake County, Minnesota, in 2006. It was discovered on July 13, 2006, and contained on October 30, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 7, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,085 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2006
- Contained
- October 30, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,165 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.851, -91.537.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,085 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,165 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,090 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2006, 11:52 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 7, 2006
- Contained
- October 30, 2006, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Lake County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4784409153120060707
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1445978
- Note on the perimeter
- MANAGED AS WILDFIRE FOR RESOURCE BENEFIT WITH JIM HINDS & SCOTT BELKNAP AS FUM2'S. BURNED IN MIXED CONIFER AND 20 YR. OLD BLOWDOWN. T-1 FUMA TEAM WAS ORDERED (SVALBERG)ON 07/14.
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 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 |
| 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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 925 | Oct 7, 2006 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.