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era of the late-1800s when lumbering practices permitted the buildup of large slash piles and altered forest growth patterns which may have contributed to size of the wildfires. The scattered nature of settlements,
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Caused by a man burning leaves, the man had a permit to burn.
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21 dead listed by name from Birch Creek, near
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of the Twenty-Sixth Annual
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840:Research Paper NC-34; see Figure 1., archived from
22:The Meridian Boundary Fire burned 8,586 acres near
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707:, Mike Modrzynski, October 12, 2008
187:same day as The Great Chicago fire
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717:The Forests of Michigan
689:The Forests of Michigan
677:The Forests of Michigan
389:Meridian Boundary Fire
133:Port Huron Fire of 1871
665:JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
652:Wildfires and Firewise
532:Wilderness Trail Fire
292:hundreds of structures
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1239:Wildfires in Michigan
334:1976 August - October
211:over 2,000 structures
175:hundreds of thousands
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303:Au Sable-Oscoda Fire
94:Great Michigan Fires
1186:U.S. Virgin Islands
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602:Michigan portal
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567:Iosco County
481:Isle Royale
478:2021 August
310:Iosco County
306:1911 July 11
251:1896 October
76:Size (acres)
53:firefighting
45:lumber camps
29:
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1158:Territories
1018:Mississippi
933:Connecticut
507:Montmorency
475:Horne Fire
455:Luce County
451:2007 August
426:Luce County
224:1896 August
47:and Indian
1233:Categories
1133:Washington
1053:New Mexico
1048:New Jersey
923:California
851:2012-07-14
751:2022-05-17
639:References
576:$ 500,000
563:2023 June
560:Oats Fire
549:$ 100,000
535:2023 June
365:1980 May 5
331:Seney Fire
193:Thumb Fire
107:over 6,000
1143:Wisconsin
1108:Tennessee
1013:Minnesota
988:Louisiana
513:Counties
511:Cheboygan
503:2022 May
392:2010 May
314:thousands
275:Metz Fire
255:Ishpeming
228:Ontonagon
205:1,000,000
201:The Thumb
181:thousands
151:thousands
145:1,200,000
141:The Thumb
110:thousands
79:Size (km)
60:Wildfires
40:lumbering
36:wildfires
1205:Category
1128:Virginia
1078:Oklahoma
1058:New York
1033:Nebraska
1023:Missouri
1008:Michigan
998:Maryland
983:Kentucky
963:Illinois
938:Delaware
928:Colorado
918:Arkansas
589:See also
379:44 homes
320:hundreds
238:hundreds
178:hundreds
122:Manistee
113:hundreds
73:Location
32:Michigan
26:in 2010.
1217:Commons
1148:Wyoming
1123:Vermont
1028:Montana
968:Indiana
948:Georgia
943:Florida
913:Arizona
903:Alabama
804:June 4,
776:June 4,
608:Gallery
519:>10
286:300,000
268:unknown
265:unknown
232:228,000
126:Chicago
118:Holland
1083:Oregon
1038:Nevada
978:Kansas
953:Hawaii
908:Alaska
896:States
543:2,442
516:2,516
459:18,000
430:21,000
400:8,586
373:25,000
342:78,000
317:dozens
259:64,000
184:dozens
88:Notes
85:Deaths
82:Damage
49:tribes
1113:Texas
993:Maine
958:Idaho
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403:34.7
289:1,200
208:4,000
148:4,850
1171:Guam
1118:Utah
1073:Ohio
973:Iowa
811:p.m.
806:2023
798:WJRT
778:2023
571:200
484:300
356:peat
282:Metz
124:and
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67:Fire
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