Mcg Nw 60 Fire
The Mcg Nw 60 Fire burned 4,165 acres in Alaska, in 1984. MTBS dates its ignition to June 27, 1984.
- Size
- 4,165 acres
- Ignition
- June 27, 1984
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,165 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 63.792, -158.319.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,165 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,586 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 27, 1984
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKMCG
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1984-AKMCG-00A317
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6379915833619840627
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter from 1991 Landsat image (P76 R15).
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Alaska in 198412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wapoo Fire | 37,055 | Jun 9, 1984 | |
| Mud Fire | 10,239 | Jun 6, 1984 | |
| Kuyukutuk Fire | 8,476 | Jul 3, 1984 | |
| Ian N 55 Fire | 6,718 | Jun 25, 1984 | |
| Wtk N 60 Fire | 4,470 | ||
| Hsl S 10 Fire | 3,158 | Jul 3, 1984 | |
| Tract 12 Fire | 2,963 | ||
| Ian N 110 Fire | 2,939 | ||
| Fire 414008 | 2,745 | ||
| Tal Sw 37 Fire | 2,462 | ||
| Glacier Creek Fire | 1,896 | Jun 7, 1984 | |
| Hus Nw 30 Fire | 1,866 |
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. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.