GALSW28 Fire
The GALSW28 Fire burned 750 acres in Alaska, in 1993. It was discovered on July 22, 1993, and contained on August 19, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 750 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1993
- Contained
- August 19, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,281 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 63.899, -157.952.
The record
- Reported final size
- 750 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,281 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1993, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 19, 1993, 6:02 p.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
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-AKGAD-00B686
- Fire occurrence record
- W-32564
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1999 Landsat image P76 R15.
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire 332557 | 215,360 | Jul 14, 1993 | Natural |
| DCKN190 Fire | 82,370 | Jul 22, 1993 | Natural |
| Fire 3322292 | 47,494 | Jun 6, 1993 | Natural |
| Fire 332248 | 36,250 | Jun 4, 1993 | Natural |
| Timber Fire | 29,761 | May 30, 1993 | |
| Swift Fire | 28,010 | Jul 12, 1993 | Natural |
| Tal N 25 Fire | 26,200 | Jun 30, 1993 | Natural |
| Discovery Fire | 23,501 | Jun 2, 1993 | Natural |
| Cem Se 34 Fire | 21,210 | Jun 15, 1993 | Natural |
| Fyu N 60 Fire | 20,942 | Jul 15, 1993 | Natural |
| DCKN178 Fire | 16,740 | Jul 3, 1993 | Natural |
| Pole Fire | 11,550 | Jul 19, 1993 | 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.