Wildfires of 1984

Wtk Ne 50 Fire

1984AlaskaWildfire

The Wtk Ne 50 Fire burned 1,774 acres in Alaska, in 1984. MTBS dates its ignition to June 25, 1984.

Size
1,774 acres
Ignition
June 25, 1984

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,774 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 68.070, -160.655.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,774 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,651 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
June 25, 1984
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKGAL
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1984-AKGAL-00A263
MTBS fire identifier
AK6807116065419840625
MTBS assessment
Extended (SS)
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Modified perimeter from 1985 Landsat image (P80 R12) taken on 7/20/1985.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Wapoo Fire37,055Jun 9, 1984
Mud Fire10,239Jun 6, 1984
Kuyukutuk Fire8,476Jul 3, 1984
Ian N 55 Fire6,718Jun 25, 1984
Wtk N 60 Fire4,470
Mcg Nw 60 Fire4,165Jun 27, 1984
Hsl S 10 Fire3,158Jul 3, 1984
Tract 12 Fire2,963
Ian N 110 Fire2,939
Fire 4140082,745
Tal Sw 37 Fire2,462
Glacier Creek Fire1,896Jun 7, 1984

Every fire of 1984 Alaska fire history

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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.