Gal Ne 57 Fire
The Gal Ne 57 Fire burned 33,438 acres in Alaska, in 1985. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 33,438 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 33,438 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 65.440, -155.451.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 33,438 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKGAL
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1985-AKGAL-00B079
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from 1986 Landsat image.
Other large fires in Alaska in 198512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 531047 | 78,940 | Aug 6, 1985 | |
| Fire 531018 | 53,909 | ||
| Fire 531035 | 34,192 | ||
| Fyu Ne 80 Fire | 33,505 | ||
| Tal Nw 85 Fire | 16,805 | Jul 31, 1985 | |
| Hus Nw 23 Fire | 14,583 | ||
| Fire 531023 | 12,141 | Jul 15, 1985 | |
| Katlitna Fire | 8,804 | ||
| Fire 531021 | 7,177 | ||
| Selatna Fire | 6,855 | ||
| Otz Ne 100 Fire | 5,772 | Aug 7, 1985 | |
| Sugarloaf Fire | 5,191 |
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.