Squaw Creek Fire
The Squaw Creek Fire burned 1,580 acres in North Dakota, in 2009. It was discovered on November 6, 2009, and contained on November 8, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,580 acres
- Discovered
- November 6, 2009
- Contained
- November 8, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,103 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.619, -102.488.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,103 acres
- Discovered
- November 6, 2009, 5:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 8, 2009, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Berthold Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4763510251520091106
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-598630
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 North Dakota in 20092
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Road 17 Fire | 2,285 | May 7, 2009 | |
| North Elbow Lake N 1 2 Fire | 1,148 | May 9, 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. 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.