Wildfires of 2008

Colin Conley Fire

2008Barnes County, North DakotaWildfire

The Colin Conley Fire burned 1,000 acres in Barnes County, North Dakota, in 2008. It was discovered on May 17, 2008, and contained on May 17, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
May 17, 2008
Contained
May 17, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 46.941, -98.337.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Discovered
May 17, 2008, 3:00 p.m. local time
Contained
May 17, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
North Dakota
County
Barnes County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
North Dakota State Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2008_ND-NDS-08015

Other large fires in North Dakota in 20089

FireAcresStartCause
Brown Fire2,405Jul 23, 2008Natural
Woodbury Fire2,000Mar 3, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire1,900Apr 14, 2008Human
Pool 326 Fire1,701Apr 18, 2008
Grader Fire1,680Apr 7, 2008Human
Klitzke Fire1,500Apr 19, 2008Human
Sprout Fire1,200Apr 3, 2008Human
Swartwout Fire1,100Apr 8, 2008Human
Heinke Fire1,000Apr 3, 2008Human

Every fire of 2008 North Dakota fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.