Purcell Mountain Fire
The Purcell Mountain Fire burned 92,627 acres in Alaska, in 1954. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 92,627 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 92,627 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 65.852, -157.357.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 92,627 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKGAL
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1954-AKGAL-000013
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter roughly digitized from hand drawn fire map.
Other large fires in Alaska in 195412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tozitna Fire | 573,639 | ||
| Imuruk Basin Fire | 415,051 | ||
| Paimiut Fire | 354,351 | ||
| Mulchatna Fire | 93,917 | ||
| Nowitna Fire | 62,011 | ||
| Venetie S15 Fire | 56,858 | ||
| Alatna Fire | 18,907 | ||
| Granite Mountain Fire | 18,055 | ||
| 20 Mile Fire | 16,228 | ||
| Circle S.10 Fire | 14,160 | ||
| In-Alaska Fire | 10,772 | ||
| McCORMICK ROAD HOUSE W-14 Fire | 7,860 |
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.