Wildfires of 2012

Donny Brook Fire

2012Ward County, North DakotaWildfire

The Donny Brook Fire burned 6,070 acres in Ward County, North Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on April 5, 2012. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.

Size
6,070 acres
Discovered
April 5, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 48.505, -101.874.

The record

Reported final size
6,070 acres
Discovered
April 5, 2012, 1:30 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
State
North Dakota
County
Ward County
Reporting unit
North Dakota State Forest Service
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-ND-2012-ND_04172012_278

Other large fires in North Dakota in 20127

FireAcresStartCause
Little Swallow Fire9,500Sep 19, 2012Human
93rd St Ne Fire4,045Mar 17, 2012Human
Deep Creek 2 Fire3,317Aug 24, 2012Natural
Mcintosh Fire2,575Aug 24, 2012Human
Cornstalk Fire2,282Sep 21, 2012Human
Schneider Fire1,000Mar 12, 2012Human
Rifle Range Fire1,000Mar 12, 2012Human

Every fire of 2012 North Dakota fire history

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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.