Tal Nw 38 Fire
The Tal Nw 38 Fire burned 30,077 acres in Alaska, in 1981. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 30,077 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 30,077 acres, mapped by digitized-topo. Middle of the perimeter, 65.837, -152.562.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 30,077 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKTAL
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1981-AKTAL-008626
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter digitized using a georeferenced version of the map from the fire report.
Other large fires in Alaska in 198112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dune Lake Fire | 147,501 | ||
| Tatalina Fire | 73,412 | ||
| Ani-Se 25 Fire | 57,594 | ||
| Ani-Se 30 Fire | 43,378 | ||
| Tolovana Fire | 35,436 | ||
| Bolio Fire | 20,418 | ||
| Todatonten Fire | 16,365 | ||
| Wilson Camp Fire | 14,885 | ||
| Hus W 5 Fire | 11,847 | ||
| Aggie Creek Fire | 10,250 | ||
| Bonanza Fire | 6,178 | ||
| Mulchatna Fire | 5,099 |
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.