Deep Creek 2 Fire
The Deep Creek 2 Fire burned 3,317 acres in Slope County, North Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on August 24, 2012, and contained on August 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,317 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2012
- Contained
- August 25, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,501 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.439, -103.877.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,317 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,501 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,317 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2012, 5:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 25, 2012, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Slope County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NDDPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NDDPF-000036
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4645110388720120824
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1509504
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning caused fire IA by multiple departments, FS and NDFS. Wind driven event.
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 |
| Mcintosh Fire | 2,575 | Aug 24, 2012 | Human |
| Cornstalk Fire | 2,282 | Sep 21, 2012 | Human |
| Schneider Fire | 1,000 | Mar 12, 2012 | Human |
| Rifle Range Fire | 1,000 | Mar 12, 2012 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.