Landmark Fire
The Landmark Fire burned 4,165 acres in Alaska, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to June 10, 1987.
- Size
- 4,165 acres
- Ignition
- June 10, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,165 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 61.945, -159.274.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,165 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,897 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 10, 1987
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1987-AKSWS-704008
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6195115929819870610
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT04_L2SP_076016_19880724_20200917_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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Creek Fire | 40,821 | May 22, 1987 | |
| 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 | |
| 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.