Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 1,200 acres in Minnesota, in 2008. It was discovered on May 16, 2008, and contained on May 16, 2008. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2008
- Contained
- May 16, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,060 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.088, -95.458.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,060 acres
- Discovered
- May 16, 2008, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 16, 2008, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Red Lake Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4808809545820080516
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-572913
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 | 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 | 1,150 | 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.