Shekluk Fire
The Shekluk Fire burned 7,831 acres in Alaska, in 1971. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 7,831 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 7,831 acres, mapped by not recorded. Middle of the perimeter, 66.689, -159.560.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,831 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKKOY
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1971-AKKOY-008658
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter imported from fire history.
Other large fires in Alaska in 197112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 165-30 Fire | 127,013 | ||
| Bear Mt Fire | 86,912 | ||
| Wien Lake Fire | 65,246 | ||
| Anc Nw 500 Fire | 64,562 | ||
| Shaler Fire | 64,426 | ||
| Delome River Fire | 64,401 | ||
| Correct Fire | 52,373 | ||
| Six Mile Fire | 44,876 | ||
| Little Ptarmigan I Fire | 40,950 | ||
| Ella Fire | 28,028 | ||
| Ambler Fire | 26,953 | ||
| England Fire | 25,779 |
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.