Wildfire

Adirondack Fire

1903 · 43.76° N, 73.76° W

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When
1903
Kind
Wildfire
Coordinates
43.76° N, 73.76° W
Description
U.S. wildfire in 1903
Date from
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Placed at the town its title names, Adirondack.

Adirondack Fire

U.S. wildfire in 1903

Adirondack Fire, the Great Fire of 1903, was a wildfire comprising 643 fires in Adirondack and Catskill region, New York, that started on Monday, April 20, 1903. The fire lasted for six weeks. It burned a total area of 600,000 acres, mainly in Adirondack Forest. There were no human deaths, but it killed fish, trees, and deer and damaged properties.

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