Nowitna Fire
The Nowitna Fire burned 51,484 acres in Alaska, in 1966. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 51,484 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 51,484 acres, mapped by mixed methods. Middle of the perimeter, 64.740, -153.971.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 51,484 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKKOY
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1966-AKKOY-000OC3
- Perimeter map method
- Mixed Methods
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1974 Landsat images P78 R15 and P79 R14 and 1986 Landsat image P74 R15.
Other large fires in Alaska in 19668
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Fire | 334,863 | ||
| West Fork Fire | 193,763 | ||
| Bear Mt Fire | 57,184 | ||
| Salcha Military Fire | 47,778 | ||
| Missile Fire | 43,843 | ||
| Cement Creek Fire | 24,035 | ||
| Gold Stream Fire | 6,941 | ||
| Burnt Mt Fire | 4,436 |
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.