A 414 Burnt Mountain Fire
The A 414 Burnt Mountain Fire burned 35,090 acres in Alaska, in 1992. It was discovered on July 19, 1992, and contained on September 17, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 35,090 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 1992
- Contained
- September 17, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 37,481 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.400, -144.636.
The record
- Reported final size
- 35,090 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 37,481 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 39,835 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 1992, 8:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 17, 1992, 10:05 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1992-AKUYD-232414
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6740514472419920719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-36591
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1999 Landsat image P69 R13.
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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 213225 | 48,087 | Jun 11, 1992 | Human |
| Paradise Fire | 32,066 | ||
| Btt S 48 Fire | 25,600 | Jun 23, 1992 | Natural |
| Cem Nw 45 Fire | 4,570 | Jul 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Cem Nw 42 Fire | 4,530 | Jul 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Fire 232266 | 3,390 | Jun 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Cem Wnw 73 Fire | 3,130 | Jun 29, 1992 | Natural |
| Fyu E 75 Fire | 2,870 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Cem Sw 50 Fire | 2,840 | Jun 29, 1992 | Natural |
| Fire 232035 | 1,410 | May 6, 1992 | Human |
| Fire 232412 | 1,040 | Jul 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Mansfield Lake Fire | 1,000 | Jun 12, 1992 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.