Duck Lake Fire
The Duck Lake Fire burned 21,069 acres in Luce County, Michigan, in 2012. It was discovered on May 23, 2012, and contained on May 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 21,069 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2012
- Contained
- May 23, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,471 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.533, -85.424.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,069 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,471 acres
- Discovered
- May 23, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 23, 2012, 8:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Michigan
- County
- Luce County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- MI4663708543320120524
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012MIDNR2012480007
- Note on the perimeter
- This fire burned over Pine Creek fire (MI4664108543820120521). Mapping includes both fires.
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 Michigan in 20121
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Creek North Fire | 3,400 | May 21, 2012 | Natural |
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.