Wildfires of 1992

Fire 232412

1992AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 232412 burned 1,040 acres in Alaska, in 1992. It was discovered on July 19, 1992, and contained on July 27, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,040 acres
Discovered
July 19, 1992
Contained
July 27, 1992
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 65.900, -143.903.

The record

Reported final size
1,040 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
855 acres
Discovered
July 19, 1992, 2:38 p.m. local time
Contained
July 27, 1992, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
Other Federal
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKUYD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1992-AKUYD-232412
Fire occurrence record
W-36589
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_066014_19940609_20200913_02_T1 and LT05_L2SP_067014_19920728_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
Fire 2322663,390Jun 19, 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
Mansfield Lake Fire1,000Jun 12, 1992Natural

Every fire of 1992 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. 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.