Bettles W-40 Fire
The Bettles W-40 Fire burned 85,063 acres in Alaska, in 1957. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 85,063 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 85,063 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 66.855, -152.556.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 85,063 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKKOY
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1957-AKKOY-000133
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter imported from fire history.
Other large fires in Alaska in 195712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kateel River #5 Fire | 1,130,020 | ||
| Shageluk E Fire | 705,214 | ||
| Holikachuk Fire | 430,966 | ||
| Anvik River Fire | 399,199 | ||
| Bonasila Fire | 288,151 | ||
| Rocket 4 Fire | 174,152 | ||
| Sleetmute Fires Fire | 163,827 | ||
| Hill 1224 Fire | 155,471 | ||
| Rolling Creek #1 Fire | 152,363 | ||
| Titna Fire | 113,487 | ||
| Halfway Roadhouse Fire | 94,819 | ||
| Iditarod Fires Fire | 77,700 |
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.