Wildfires of 1953

Carlson Lake Fire

1953AlaskaWildfire

The Carlson Lake Fire burned 1,044 acres in Alaska, in 1953. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
1,044 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,044 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 62.772, -143.864.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
1,044 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKGLN
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1953-AKGLN-000030
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter digitized from hand drawn fire map. Also referenced 2002 Landsat image P65 R16.

Other large fires in Alaska in 195312

Every fire of 1953 Alaska fire history

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.