Wildfires of 2008

Unnamed Fire

2008Roseau County, MinnesotaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,150 acres in Roseau County, Minnesota, in 2008. It was discovered on May 5, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,150 acres
Discovered
May 5, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.813, -96.275.

The record

Reported final size
1,150 acres
Discovered
May 5, 2008
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Minnesota
County
Roseau County
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-MN0446-930787

Other large fires in Minnesota in 20088

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire4,930May 27, 2008
Unnamed Fire3,854Apr 18, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire2,421May 3, 2008
Unnamed Fire2,169Aug 15, 2008
Unnamed Fire2,096May 3, 2008
Unnamed Fire2,022Aug 15, 2008
Unnamed Fire1,200May 16, 2008Human
Grain Bin Fire1,074Apr 20, 2008Human

Every fire of 2008 Minnesota fire history

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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.