Agassiz Fire
The Agassiz Fire burned 1,453 acres in Minnesota, in 2010. It was discovered on March 31, 2010, and contained on March 31, 2010. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,453 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2010
- Contained
- March 31, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,425 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.190, -95.554.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,453 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,425 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,463 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 31, 2010, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- MNAGR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-MNAGR-FA0C
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4832009603520100331
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010MNAGRFA0C
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire discovered by Agassiz One detection ship, declared an unattended wildfire. Agassiz personnel were first on scene about 1300 with a type six engine. Fire originated on private lands at the intersection of 300th St. NE and 190th Ave NE. (approxima
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 20105
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,425 | Apr 21, 2010 | Human |
| Nelson Prairie Middle Wpa Fire | 1,780 | Apr 3, 2010 | |
| Beaches Lake Fire | 1,273 | Apr 28, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Apr 6, 2010 | Human |
| Bejou WMA Fire | 800 | Mar 31, 2010 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.