Pere Marquette Fire
The Pere Marquette Fire burned 1,475 acres in Jersey County, Illinois, in 2011. It was discovered on November 17, 2011, and contained on November 21, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,475 acres
- Discovered
- November 17, 2011
- Contained
- November 21, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.001, -90.487.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,475 acres
- Discovered
- November 17, 2011, 10:25 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 21, 2011, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Jersey County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Illinois Division of Forestry Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011ILDNRILDNR1
Nearby
Sources
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.