Wildfires of 1976

West Twin Fire

1976AlaskaWildfire

The West Twin Fire burned 27,128 acres in Alaska, in 1976. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
27,128 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 27,128 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 64.514, -150.874.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
27,128 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKFAI
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1976-AKFAI-008563
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter modified from 2001 Landsat image P70 R15 and 1979 Landsat image P77 R15.

Other large fires in Alaska in 19766

Every fire of 1976 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.