Wildfires of 2006

Unnamed Fire

2006Blue Earth County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,909 acres in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in 2006. It was discovered on November 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
2,909 acres
Discovered
November 2, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 44.237, -93.785.

The record

Reported final size
2,909 acres
Discovered
November 2, 2006
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Minnesota
County
Blue Earth County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-MN0349-7923

Other large fires in Minnesota in 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Cavity Lake Fire31,830Jul 14, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire5,700Oct 6, 2006Human
Famine Lake Fire4,104Sep 8, 2006Natural
Red Lake 16 Fire3,650Apr 6, 2006
Turtle Lake Fire2,085Jul 13, 2006Natural
Redeye Fire1,792Sep 9, 2006Natural
Unnamed Fire1,774Apr 7, 2006
Unit 4 Fire1,724Apr 22, 2006
Grain Bin Fire1,496Apr 26, 2006Human
Pool 8 RX Fire1,228Aug 22, 2006
Unit 12 E Fire1,070Apr 5, 2006
Unnamed Fire925Oct 7, 2006Human

Every fire of 2006 Minnesota fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.