Read Fire
The Read Fire burned 1,046 acres in Alaska, in 1951. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,046 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,046 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 64.503, -146.946.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,046 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKFAI
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1951-AKFAI-000081
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from hand drawn fire map. Perimeter is approximate.
Other large fires in Alaska in 195111
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toklat Fire | 96,317 | ||
| 22 Mile Village Fire | 53,482 | ||
| Birch Creek Fire | 38,787 | ||
| Middle Fork Kuskokwim Fire | 30,062 | ||
| Big Delta Fire | 23,179 | ||
| Christian River Fire | 18,997 | ||
| Muddy River Fire | 17,937 | ||
| Big River Fire No. 2 Fire | 6,654 | ||
| Melozitna River Fire | 3,925 | ||
| Preacher Creek Fire | 2,877 | ||
| Badger Road Fire | 1,936 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.