Hwy 1 2007 Prescribed Fire
The Hwy 1 2007 Prescribed Fire burned 1,992 acres in Minnesota, in 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to April 12, 2008.
- Size
- 1,992 acres
- Ignition
- April 12, 2008
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,992 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 48.124, -95.483.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,992 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 12, 2008
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4812409548320080412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire burned adjacent to this scar the previous year.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 20089
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,930 | May 27, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,854 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,421 | May 3, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,169 | Aug 15, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,096 | May 3, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,022 | Aug 15, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | May 16, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,150 | May 5, 2008 | Human |
| Grain Bin Fire | 1,074 | Apr 20, 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. 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.