Flat E-5 #1 Fire
The Flat E-5 #1 Fire burned 14,729 acres in Alaska, in 1959. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 14,729 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 14,729 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 62.434, -157.875.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 14,729 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKMCG
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1959-AKMCG-000091
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter based on map found in fire folder. Perimeter is approximate.
Other large fires in Alaska in 195912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sands NE-15 Fire | 108,596 | ||
| Crooked Creek SE-20 Fire | 79,754 | ||
| Yukon Flats #1 Fire | 44,597 | ||
| Selawik SE-40 Fire | 30,549 | ||
| Big Creek Fire | 26,001 | ||
| Black River No. 1 Fire | 21,034 | ||
| Kobuk #3 Fire | 18,411 | ||
| Kobuk #4 Fire | 17,981 | ||
| Kobuk #6 Fire | 16,400 | ||
| Bettles #2 Fire | 15,553 | ||
| Kokrines NW-19 Fire | 13,642 | ||
| Iniakuk Lake E-8 Fire | 12,423 |
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.