Grader Fire
The Grader Fire burned 1,680 acres in North Dakota, in 2008. It was discovered on April 7, 2008, and contained on April 8, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,680 acres
- Discovered
- April 7, 2008
- Contained
- April 8, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,745 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.300, -99.188.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,745 acres
- Discovered
- April 7, 2008, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 8, 2008, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Chase Lake Prairie Project Wetland Management District
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4730009918820080407
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008NDFLRD42Y
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 20089
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Fire | 2,405 | Jul 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Woodbury Fire | 2,000 | Mar 3, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,900 | Apr 14, 2008 | Human |
| Pool 326 Fire | 1,701 | Apr 18, 2008 | |
| Klitzke Fire | 1,500 | Apr 19, 2008 | Human |
| Sprout Fire | 1,200 | Apr 3, 2008 | Human |
| Swartwout Fire | 1,100 | Apr 8, 2008 | Human |
| Heinke Fire | 1,000 | Apr 3, 2008 | Human |
| Colin Conley Fire | 1,000 | May 17, 2008 | 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.