Great Hinckley Fire

Great Hinckley Fire
Date(s)September 1, 1894 to September 6, 1894
3:00 p.m. (CDT)
LocationPine County, near Hinckley, Minnesota, US
Statistics
Burned area200,000 acres (810 km2)
Land useLogging
Impacts
Deaths418+
Ignition
CauseDrought

The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota in September 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres (810 km2; 310 sq mi)[1] (perhaps more than 250,000 acres [1,000 km2; 390 sq mi]), including the town of Hinckley. The official death count was 418; the actual number of fatalities was likely higher.[2] Other sources put the death toll at 476.[3]

  1. ^ Haines, Donald A.; Sando, Rodney W. (1969). "Climatic Conditions Preceding Historical Great Fires in the North Central Region". North Central Experimentation Forest Service. US Department of Agriculture.
  2. ^ "The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894". Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Headlines and Heros. A Treasury of Railroad Folklore. New York, Bonaza Books, 1953