Wildfires of 1972

Donkey Fire

1972AlaskaWildfire

The Donkey Fire burned 17,185 acres in Alaska, in 1972. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
17,185 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 17,185 acres, mapped by infrared image. Middle of the perimeter, 67.020, -159.255.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
17,185 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKKOY
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1972-AKKOY-008726
Perimeter map method
Infrared Image
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter modified from 1973 Landsat 1 image (P85 R13) taken on 6/17/1973.

Other large fires in Alaska in 197212

Every fire of 1972 Alaska fire history

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.