Little Swallow Fire
The Little Swallow Fire burned 9,500 acres in Dunn County, North Dakota, in 2012. It was discovered on September 19, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 9,500 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,309 acres. Point of origin as reported, 47.591, -102.675.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,309 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2012, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Dunn County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Berthold Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4759010267420120919
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2012-ND-FBA-121000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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
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.