Kogoyuk Fire
The Kogoyuk Fire burned 5,906 acres in Alaska, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to July 4, 1989.
- Size
- 5,906 acres
- Ignition
- July 4, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,906 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 61.414, -158.530.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,906 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,706 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 4, 1989
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1989-AKSWS-904011
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6141415853019890704
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter from 1989 Landsat image (P74 R17).
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 19895
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swinging Dome Fire | 28,863 | Jul 2, 1989 | |
| Crooked Creek Fire | 8,547 | Jul 2, 1989 | |
| Shotgun Dr Fire | 5,464 | Jul 3, 1989 | |
| Stuver Creek Fire | 4,785 | Jul 12, 1989 | |
| Trail Lake Fire | 3,242 | Aug 17, 1989 |
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.