Juneberry 3 Fire
The Juneberry 3 Fire burned 28,810 acres in Roseau County, Minnesota, in 2011. It was discovered on October 5, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 28,810 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 29,460 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.822, -96.330.
The record
- Reported final size
- 28,810 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 29,460 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 2011, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Roseau County
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Part of
- Juneberry 3 Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4883009632220111005
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011MNDNR2011121066
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 20116
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pagami Creek Fire | 92,682 | Aug 18, 2011 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,388 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Neal WMA Fire | 1,540 | Dec 1, 2011 | Human |
| Silo Wildfire Fire | 1,133 | Oct 24, 2011 | Human |
| Heliksen Prairie Fire | 1,122 | Apr 28, 2011 | Human |
| Waubun WMA Fire | 1,000 | Apr 26, 2011 | 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.