Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,854 acres in Kittson County, Minnesota, in 2008. It was discovered on April 18, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to April 8, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,854 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,724 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.896, -96.446.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,854 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,724 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 8, 2008
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Kittson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4896509653520080408
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-MN0446-930618
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 20088
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,930 | May 27, 2008 | |
| 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. 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.