Red Lake 05 Fire
The Red Lake 05 Fire burned 5,157 acres in Minnesota, in 2007. It was discovered on April 11, 2007, and contained on April 11, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,157 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2007
- Contained
- April 11, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,733 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.122, -95.330.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,157 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,733 acres
- Discovered
- April 11, 2007, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 11, 2007, 11:58 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Red Lake Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4810009532320070411
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-540336
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ham Lake Fire | 75,484 | May 5, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 24,945 | Apr 26, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,051 | Apr 16, 2007 | |
| 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
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.