Wildfires of 1993

Fire 331639

1993AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 331639 burned 3,410 acres in Alaska, in 1993. It was discovered on July 19, 1993, and contained on August 19, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,410 acres
Discovered
July 19, 1993
Contained
August 19, 1993
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 4,735 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 64.249, -157.636.

The record

Reported final size
3,410 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
4,735 acres
Discovered
July 19, 1993, 4:32 p.m. local time
Contained
August 19, 1993, 5:40 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKGAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1993-AKGAD-331639
Fire occurrence record
W-32541
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_074015_19950924_20200912_02_T1 and LT05_L2SP_076015_19950720_20200912_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 199312

FireAcresStartCause
Fire 332557215,360Jul 14, 1993Natural
DCKN190 Fire82,370Jul 22, 1993Natural
Fire 332229247,494Jun 6, 1993Natural
Fire 33224836,250Jun 4, 1993Natural
Timber Fire29,761May 30, 1993
Swift Fire28,010Jul 12, 1993Natural
Tal N 25 Fire26,200Jun 30, 1993Natural
Discovery Fire23,501Jun 2, 1993Natural
Cem Se 34 Fire21,210Jun 15, 1993Natural
Fyu N 60 Fire20,942Jul 15, 1993Natural
DCKN178 Fire16,740Jul 3, 1993Natural
Pole Fire11,550Jul 19, 1993Natural

Every fire of 1993 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. 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.