Cem Nw 42 Fire
The Cem Nw 42 Fire burned 4,530 acres in Alaska, in 1992. It was discovered on July 2, 1992, and contained on August 20, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,530 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 1992
- Contained
- August 20, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 4,520 acres, mapped by not recorded. Point of origin as reported, 65.716, -146.502.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,530 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,520 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 1992, 9:49 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 1992, 5:50 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1992-AKUYD-00A326
- Fire occurrence record
- W-36539
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter imported from fire history.
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 |
| A 414 Burnt Mountain Fire | 35,090 | Jul 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Paradise Fire | 32,066 | ||
| Btt S 48 Fire | 25,600 | Jun 23, 1992 | Natural |
| Cem Nw 45 Fire | 4,570 | 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. 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.