Cornstalk Fire
The Cornstalk Fire burned 2,282 acres in North Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on September 21, 2012, and contained on September 22, 2012. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,282 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 2012
- Contained
- September 22, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,560 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.978, -100.868.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,282 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,560 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 2012, 2:11 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 22, 2012, 9:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- North Dakota
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Standing Rock Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4597810086820120921
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-646421
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 North Dakota in 20127
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Swallow Fire | 9,500 | Sep 19, 2012 | Human |
| Donny Brook Fire | 6,070 | Apr 5, 2012 | Human |
| 93rd St Ne Fire | 4,045 | Mar 17, 2012 | Human |
| Deep Creek 2 Fire | 3,317 | Aug 24, 2012 | Natural |
| Mcintosh Fire | 2,575 | Aug 24, 2012 | Human |
| Schneider Fire | 1,000 | Mar 12, 2012 | Human |
| Rifle Range Fire | 1,000 | Mar 12, 2012 | 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.