Pagami Creek Fire

The Pagami Creek Fire was a wildfire in northern Minnesota, United States, that began with a lightning strike on August 18, 2011.[1] After weeks of slow growth, the wildfire quickly spread to over 92,000 acres (370 km2) during several days of hot, dry, windy weather in mid-September.[2] The fire spread beyond the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to threaten homes and businesses.[3] Smoke from the fires drifted east and south as far as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Ontario, and Chicago[4] The fire was the largest naturally occurring wildfire in Minnesota in more than a century.[5]

Pagami Creek Fire
Smoke rises from the fire.
LocationNorthern Minnesota
Coordinates47.855°N 91.334722°W / 47.855; -91.334722
Statistics[1]
Date(s)August 18, 2011 (2011-08-18) – November 2011 (2011-11)
Burned area92,682 acres (375 km2)
CauseLightning
Map
Location of fire in Minnesota
Pagami Creek smoke plume
Map showing the progression of the fire
Fire approaching the south shore of Lake 3, September 10, 2011

References

  1. "Pagami Creek Fire". InciWeb: Incident Information System. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. Pagami Creek Wildfire (PDF), Superior National Forest, December 2011, retrieved 2012-01-15
  3. Douglas Etten (2011-09-13). "Boundary Waters fire threatening homes, cabins". Lakeland Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  4. "Ont. smells smoke from Minnesota forest fire". CTV Toronto. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  5. Mahler, Charlie. "Pagami Creek Fire in the BWCAW". Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.