Swinging Dome Fire
The Swinging Dome Fire burned 28,863 acres in Alaska, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to July 2, 1989.
- Size
- 28,863 acres
- Ignition
- July 2, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 28,863 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 62.341, -158.273.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 28,863 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 28,183 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 2, 1989
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1989-AKSWS-904008
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6234115827319890702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT04_L2SP_074016_19890814_20200916_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 19895
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crooked Creek Fire | 8,547 | Jul 2, 1989 | |
| Kogoyuk Fire | 5,906 | Jul 4, 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.