Granite Creek Fire
The Granite Creek Fire burned 40,821 acres in Alaska, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to May 22, 1987.
- Size
- 40,821 acres
- Ignition
- May 22, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 40,821 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 63.864, -145.541.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 40,821 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 42,201 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 22, 1987
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKDAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1987-AKDAS-712040
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6386414554119870522
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT04_L2SP_067015_19880725_20200917_02_T1, LT05_L2SP_068015_19870823_20201014_02_T1, and LT05_L2SP_068015_19870706_20201014_02_T1.
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 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 732076 | 38,935 | ||
| Fyu S 39 Fire | 16,809 | Jul 13, 1987 | |
| Eielson Fire | 9,629 | Jun 23, 1987 | |
| Fyu Ne 96 Fire | 9,031 | Jul 11, 1987 | |
| Cem W 44 Fire | 8,775 | ||
| Fyu Ne 47 Fire | 7,469 | ||
| Fire 731015 | 7,456 | Jul 6, 1987 | |
| Landmark Fire | 4,165 | Jun 10, 1987 | |
| Tik Hill Fire | 3,583 | ||
| Fire 732050 | 3,519 | ||
| Fbk E 155 Fire | 2,965 | Jun 23, 1987 | |
| Fyu W 37 Fire | 2,842 | Jul 15, 1987 |
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.