Silo Wildfire Fire
The Silo Wildfire Fire burned 1,133 acres in Minnesota, in 2011. It was discovered on October 24, 2011, and contained on November 14, 2011. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,133 acres
- Discovered
- October 24, 2011
- Contained
- November 14, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,148 acres. Point of origin as reported, 48.283, -96.046.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,133 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,148 acres
- Discovered
- October 24, 2011, 7:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 14, 2011, 7:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Minnesota
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MN4828309604620111024
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011MNAGRGJ5S
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 |
| Neal WMA Fire | 1,540 | Dec 1, 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.