Gurky Fire
The Gurky Fire burned 65,950 acres in Alaska, in 1968. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 65,950 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 65,950 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 66.066, -150.692.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 65,950 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKFAI
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1968-AKFAI-0006D6
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from 1974 Landsat image (P77 R14).
Other large fires in Alaska in 196812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Fire | 129,867 | ||
| Clear Creek Fire | 95,730 | ||
| Central Creek Fire | 37,027 | ||
| Lawson Creek Fire | 34,359 | ||
| Nona Fire | 33,497 | ||
| Billy Goat Fire | 33,080 | ||
| Discovery Fire | 28,500 | ||
| Wien Lake Fire | 27,130 | ||
| Redland Lake Fire | 23,764 | ||
| Moren Dome Fire | 23,056 | ||
| Bananza Fire | 20,942 | ||
| Pretty Grim Fire | 20,921 |
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.