Kanuti River Fire
The Kanuti River Fire burned 16,146 acres in Alaska, in 1953. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 16,146 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 16,146 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 66.075, -151.830.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 16,146 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKHUG
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1953-AKHUG-000H-5
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter digitized from hand drawn fire map and 1:250,000 Quad Map.
Other large fires in Alaska in 195312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 Mile Yukon Fire | 168,728 | ||
| Nowitna #3 Fire | 99,379 | ||
| Sheenjek Fire | 68,664 | ||
| Melozitna-Tozitna Fire | 18,760 | ||
| Crazy Mountain Fire | 16,706 | ||
| Pilot Station Fire | 15,320 | ||
| Mile 53 Taylor Fire | 15,229 | ||
| Beaver Creek Fire | 14,059 | ||
| Tanalian Mt. Fire | 12,561 | ||
| Kotol River Fire | 11,192 | ||
| South Kotol MT Fire | 10,407 | ||
| Stevens Village NE 70 Fire | 5,909 |
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.