Wildfires of 1993

Mhm S 31 Fire

1993AlaskaWildfire

The Mhm S 31 Fire burned 835 acres in Alaska, in 1993. It was discovered on August 15, 1993, and contained on August 18, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
835 acres
Discovered
August 15, 1993
Contained
August 18, 1993
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,069 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 63.383, -152.286.

The record

Reported final size
835 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,069 acres
Discovered
August 15, 1993, 4:30 p.m. local time
Contained
August 18, 1993, 4:50 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKTAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1993-AKTAD-00B802
Fire occurrence record
W-32612
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Modified perimeter from 1999 Landsat image (P72 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

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.