Madsen Prescribed Fire
The Madsen Prescribed Fire burned 1,763 acres in Minnesota, in 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to August 16, 2007.
- Size
- 1,763 acres
- Ignition
- August 16, 2007
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,763 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.325, -96.033.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,763 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 16, 2007
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4832409603320070816
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Minnesota in 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ham Lake Fire | 75,484 | May 5, 2007 | Human |
| 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 |
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. 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.