Wildfires of 1992

Fire 232266

1992AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 232266 burned 3,390 acres in Alaska, in 1992. It was discovered on June 19, 1992, and contained on July 21, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,390 acres
Discovered
June 19, 1992
Contained
July 21, 1992
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,175 acres. Point of origin as reported, 66.516, -155.736.

The record

Reported final size
3,390 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
7,175 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
6,499 acres
Discovered
June 19, 1992, 3:55 p.m. local time
Contained
July 21, 1992, 4:18 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
AKGAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1992-AKGAD-232266
MTBS fire identifier
AK6648415576819920619
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-36511
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT04_L2SP_077013_19920726_20200914_02_T1. LT04_L2SP_075013_19920712_20200914_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 199212

FireAcresStartCause
Fire 21322548,087Jun 11, 1992Human
A 414 Burnt Mountain Fire35,090Jul 19, 1992Natural
Paradise Fire32,066
Btt S 48 Fire25,600Jun 23, 1992Natural
Cem Nw 45 Fire4,570Jul 2, 1992Natural
Cem Nw 42 Fire4,530Jul 2, 1992Natural
Cem Wnw 73 Fire3,130Jun 29, 1992Natural
Fyu E 75 Fire2,870Aug 2, 1992Natural
Cem Sw 50 Fire2,840Jun 29, 1992Natural
Fire 2320351,410May 6, 1992Human
Fire 2324121,040Jul 19, 1992Natural
Mansfield Lake Fire1,000Jun 12, 1992Natural

Every fire of 1992 Alaska fire history

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.