Ham Lake Fire
The Ham Lake Fire burned 75,484 acres in Cook County, Minnesota, in 2007. It was discovered on May 5, 2007, and contained on June 4, 2007. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 75,484 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2007
- Contained
- June 4, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 70,575 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.069, -90.811.
The record
- Reported final size
- 75,484 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 70,575 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 75,826 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2007, 11:40 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 4, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Cook County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Superior National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4815609076220070505
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1448834
- Note on the perimeter
- This fire started on 5/5. It quickly advanced to the Type 3, 2 & 1 levels.
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 24,945 | Apr 26, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,051 | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| Red Lake 05 Fire | 5,157 | Apr 11, 2007 | Human |
| Last Day Fire | 5,100 | Nov 12, 2007 | Human |
| Adams-Reiner Fire | 4,700 | Apr 30, 2007 | Human |
| Carroll-Hamre Fire | 3,536 | Apr 28, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | May 3, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Apr 14, 2007 | Human |
| Deano-Benville Fire | 2,377 | Apr 29, 2007 | Human |
| Jupiter Fire | 2,340 | Apr 20, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,100 | May 12, 2007 | Human |
| Mckinley Fire | 2,000 | Apr 12, 2007 |
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.