Wildfires of 1988

Spike SE 6 Fire

1988AlaskaWildfire

The Spike SE 6 Fire burned 2,002 acres in Alaska, in 1988. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
2,002 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,002 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 67.558, -141.469.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
2,002 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
AFS
Unit
AKUYK
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1988-AKUYK-00A170
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service.

Other large fires in Alaska in 198812

FireAcresStartCause
Fire 832015558,929
Fire 832604294,002Jun 29, 1988
Fire 832032209,360
Fire 831023141,741
Fyu Ne 50 Fire132,474Jun 27, 1988
Fire 80402885,819
Fire 83204377,936Jun 15, 1988
Wbq Nw 25 Fire71,387
Fyu W 90 Fire69,048Jun 26, 1988
Fire 83209751,390
Hoho Fire38,743
Wbq Nw 30 Fire28,345

Every fire of 1988 Alaska fire history

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.