Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire burned 177,508 acres in Alaska, in 1969. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 177,508 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 177,508 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 65.287, -155.865.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 177,508 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKKOY
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1969-AKKOY-009545
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from 1986 Landsat image P74 R14. Referenced 1972 Landsat image # LM10820141972243AA02.
Other large fires in Alaska in 196912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holanada Creek Fire | 614,643 | ||
| Butte Creek Fire | 469,185 | ||
| Niitltoktalogi Fire | 460,044 | ||
| Fishhook Fire | 401,415 | ||
| Bear Fire | 388,815 | ||
| Big Denver Fire | 383,903 | ||
| Ridge Top Fire | 308,393 | ||
| Todatontin Fire | 131,853 | ||
| John Hansen Fire | 92,979 | ||
| Ladue River Fire | 89,885 | ||
| Minikakosa Fire | 87,227 | ||
| Swanson River Fire | 85,306 |
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.