Blue Lakes Fire
The Blue Lakes Fire was reported on May 13, 2022 in Montmorency County, Michigan and burned 2,516 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,516 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2022
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped May 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM EDT, 2,200 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 45.148, -84.347.
The incident
- Size
- 2,516 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 13, 2022 at 12:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 14 miles NW of Atlanta, MI
- County
- Montmorency County
- State
- Michigan
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $357,002
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MIMIS-600002
- IRWIN identifier
- 3309513D-C835-4253-B5B4-A14F2FFE58AB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Atlanta, MI covers the area today.
Nearby
- Atlanta, MI14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Gaylord, MI18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston, MI18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Indian River, MI22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rogers City, MI32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Boyne City, MI33 miles west of the fire’s origin
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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 May 18, 2022 at 6:19 PM EDT. Identifier 2022-MIMIS-600002.