Meridian Boundary Complex (Range 9) Fire
The Meridian Boundary Complex (Range 9) Fire burned 1,040 acres in Kalkaska County, Michigan, in 2010. It was discovered on May 18, 2010, and contained on May 19, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,040 acres
- Discovered
- May 18, 2010
- Contained
- May 19, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,202 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.635, -84.860.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,040 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,202 acres
- Discovered
- May 18, 2010, 2:17 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 19, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Kalkaska County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Meridian Boundary Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MI4462908487520100518
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-MIDNR-2010400008
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 Michigan in 20101
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Boundary Complex (Meridian Road) Fire | 8,586 | May 18, 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.