Wildfires of 1971

Bear Mt Fire

1971AlaskaWildfire

The Bear Mt Fire burned 86,912 acres in Alaska, in 1971. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
86,912 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 86,912 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 65.580, -155.060.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
86,912 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKKOY
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1971-AKKOY-008691
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter slightly modified from 1986 Landsat image P74 R14. Also referenced 1972 Landsat image # LM10820141972243AAA02.

Other large fires in Alaska in 197112

Every fire of 1971 Alaska fire history

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.