BU11 Prescribed Fire
The BU11 Prescribed Fire burned 3,237 acres in Minnesota, in 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to April 28, 2009.
- Size
- 3,237 acres
- Ignition
- April 28, 2009
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,237 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 45.485, -93.752.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,237 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 28, 2009
- State
- Minnesota
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4548509375220090428
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Farmland dispersed among wetlands.
Other large fires in Minnesota in 20095
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,550 | Apr 6, 2009 | Human |
| Unit 23 24 26 Fire | 1,635 | Apr 27, 2009 | |
| Downing Fire | 1,505 | May 20, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,150 | Apr 14, 2009 | Human |
| Tower Uplands Fire | 1,101 | May 21, 2009 |
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.