Wildfires of 1990

Eight Mile Fire

1990AlaskaWildfire

The Eight Mile Fire burned 11,198 acres in Alaska, in 1990. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
11,198 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 11,198 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 61.721, -157.732.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
11,198 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKSWS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1990-AKSWS-004069
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_073017_19950816_20200912_02_T1 and LT04_L2SP_075017_19920728_20200914_02_T1.

Other large fires in Alaska in 199012

FireAcresStartCause
Fyu Ne 85 Fire438,445Jun 29, 1990
Kan 7 Fire367,541Jul 2, 1990
Fire 032018333,320Jun 27, 1990
Birch Hill Fire159,775
Fire 032038152,789
Moose Crk Fire139,821
Fire 032042123,277Jul 2, 1990
Kokwim Fire116,527
Tok River Fire95,722Jul 1, 1990
Dennis Fire74,287
Fire 03205166,443
Tal N 47 Fire62,212

Every fire of 1990 Alaska fire history

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. 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.