Mile 53 Taylor Fire
The Mile 53 Taylor Fire burned 15,229 acres in Alaska, in 1953. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 15,229 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 15,229 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 63.973, -142.290.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 15,229 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKCHI
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1953-AKCHI-000001
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter digitized using hand drawn fire map and 1976 landsat image to obtain estimated location fire.
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 | ||
| Kanuti River Fire | 16,146 | ||
| Pilot Station Fire | 15,320 | ||
| 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 |
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.