What the records say
- When
- 2011
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 47.85° N, 91.33° W
- Description
- 2011 wildfire in northern Minnesota
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Pagami Creek Fire
2011 wildfire in northern Minnesota
The Pagami Creek Fire was a wildfire in northern Minnesota, United States, that began with a lightning strike on August 18, 2011. 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. The fire spread beyond the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to threaten homes and businesses.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Pagami Creek wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of the U.S. state of Minnesota spreads to over 100,000 acres, with smoke drifting across…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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