Muskrat Lake Fire
The Muskrat Lake Fire burned 2,180 acres in North Dakota, in 2007. It was discovered on August 14, 2007, and contained on August 17, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,180 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2007
- Contained
- August 17, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,344 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.849, -102.428.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,180 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,344 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2007, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2007, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Berthold Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4788210249520070814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-551338
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 North Dakota in 20075
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodtick Fire | 2,560 | Apr 19, 2007 | Human |
| Star Fire | 1,400 | Apr 16, 2007 | Human |
| Too Big Fire | 1,288 | Apr 16, 2007 | Human |
| South Central Core Fire | 1,197 | May 9, 2007 | |
| Robinson Sunflower Fire | 1,008 | Nov 3, 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. 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.