Bilge Fire
The Bilge Fire burned 1,412 acres in Alaska, in 1977. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,412 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,412 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 65.748, -163.528.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,412 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKXXX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1977-AKXXX-008629
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1977 Landsat 1 image (P87 R14) aquired 7/19/1977 & Landsat 2 image (P86 R14) aquired 7/12/1977. Consumed Goodhope Fire (#8628) & Kugruk Low Fire (#8627). Perimeter submitted by NPS.
Other large fires in Alaska in 197712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Fire | 374,389 | ||
| Augus Fire | 264,488 | ||
| Kugruk Hi Fire | 261,909 | ||
| Gmt S 12 Fire | 206,158 | ||
| Kiliovil Fire | 161,525 | ||
| Cdl E 14 Fire | 139,153 | ||
| Otz Nnw 38 Fire | 113,612 | ||
| Crow Lake Fire | 95,539 | ||
| Triplet Fire | 86,163 | ||
| Btt Se 47 Fire | 66,622 | ||
| Wbq W 34 Fire | 65,650 | ||
| Gmt Ese 42 Fire | 63,240 |
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.