Big Lake Fire
The Big Lake Fire was reported on March 30, 2015 in Sioux County, North Dakota and burned 1,700 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 30, 2015
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.363, -100.588.
The incident
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 30, 2015 at 12:55 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- S of Cannon Ball, ND
- County
- Sioux County
- State
- North Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- S of Cannon Ball, ND
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-NDSRA-000029
- IRWIN identifier
- 37862978-84B0-4B22-8EA4-7AA166F40B95
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cannon Ball, ND covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 6, 2015 at 5:13 PM CDT. Identifier 2015-NDSRA-000029.