Bejou WMA Fire
The Bejou WMA Fire burned 800 acres in Minnesota, in 2010. It was discovered on March 31, 2010, and contained on March 31, 2010.
- Size
- 800 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2010
- Contained
- March 31, 2010
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,270 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.400, -96.052.
The record
- Reported final size
- 800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2010, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 31, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4745509600520100331
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010MNDLRFAT5
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 | |
| Agassiz Fire | 1,453 | Mar 31, 2010 | Human |
| Beaches Lake Fire | 1,273 | Apr 28, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Apr 6, 2010 | 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.