West Fork Fire
The West Fork Fire burned 1,476 acres in Alaska, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to June 15, 1986.
- Size
- 1,476 acres
- Ignition
- June 15, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,476 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 63.661, -142.875.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,476 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,341 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 15, 1986
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKTAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1986-AKTAS-613011
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6366114287519860615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter digitized using Landsat imagery.
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 198612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 631010 | 56,229 | ||
| Eureka Ck Fire | 45,315 | Jun 29, 1986 | |
| Fire 632097 | 36,894 | ||
| Fire 632010 | 28,045 | ||
| Mhm Se 27 Fire | 23,112 | ||
| Fyu N 37 Fire | 17,159 | Jul 4, 1986 | |
| Dck Sw 47 Fire | 16,892 | May 31, 1986 | |
| Fire 631005 | 15,422 | ||
| Fire 631053 | 15,285 | ||
| Cik N 40 Fire | 13,410 | Jul 1, 1986 | |
| Blueberry Fire | 12,529 | Jun 15, 1986 | |
| Cik E 30 Fire | 11,991 | Jul 1, 1986 |
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.