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. | |
| Date(s) | August 18, 2011 – November 2011 |
| Location | Northern Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47°51′18″N 91°20′05″W / 47.855°N 91.334722°W |
| Statistics[1] | |
| Burned area | 92,682 acres (375 km2) |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Lightning |
| Map | |
  Location of fire in Minnesota | |
In November 2016, an educational mini documentary was released by the US Department of Agriculture and US Forrest Service, Technology and Development Program about the fire and public safety officers who survived it.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Pagami Creek Fire". InciWeb: Incident Information System. 22 October 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Pagami Creek Wildfire (PDF), Superior National Forest, December 2011, retrieved 2012-01-15
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ont. smells smoke from Minnesota forest fire". CTV Toronto. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ Mahler, Charlie. "Pagami Creek Fire in the BWCAW". Quetico Superior Wilderness News. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ Pagami Fire Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center on YouTube. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
External links
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- Pagami Creek Fire Entrapments — Facilitated Learning Analysis
- 2016 minidocumentary on the fire and public safety officers who survived it
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