Giese Fire
The Giese Fire burned 1,302 acres in Alaska, in 1993. It was discovered on May 14, 1993. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,302 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 63.967, -145.350.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,302 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 977 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 1993
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Delta Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKDAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-AKDAS-312080
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-DAS-1993-312080
- 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 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.