Pautre Fire
The Pautre Fire burned 10,680 acres in Perkins County, North Dakota, in 2013. It was discovered on April 3, 2013, and contained on April 7, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 10,680 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2013
- Contained
- April 7, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,738 acres. Point of origin as reported, 45.881, -102.543.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,738 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,680 acres
- Discovered
- April 3, 2013, 1:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 7, 2013, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- North Dakota
- County
- Perkins County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Dakota Prairie National Grasslands
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NDDPF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NDDPF-000001
- MTBS fire identifier
- ND4588110254820130403
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1517170
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Old school building
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 20131
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregor Fire | 1,382 | May 7, 2013 | 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.