Neal WMA Fire
The Neal WMA Fire burned 1,540 acres in Norman County, Minnesota, in 2011. It was discovered on December 1, 2011, and contained on December 2, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,540 acres
- Discovered
- December 1, 2011
- Contained
- December 2, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,216 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.197, -96.335.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,540 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,216 acres
- Discovered
- December 1, 2011, 1:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 2, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Norman County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4720209633320111201
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011MNDNR2011163032
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 |
| Juneberry 3 Fire | 28,810 | Oct 5, 2011 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,388 | Oct 5, 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.