Baraga Bump Fire
The Baraga Bump Fire burned 1,127 acres in Baraga County, Michigan, in 2007. It was discovered on April 29, 2007, and contained on April 29, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,127 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2007
- Contained
- April 29, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,047 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.590, -88.610.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,127 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,047 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2007, 10:05 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 29, 2007
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Baraga County
- Reporting unit
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MI4657908860620070429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007MIDNR1926
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 Michigan in 20071
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleeper Lake Fire | 19,800 | Aug 3, 2007 | Natural |
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.