Wildfires of 1994

Fire 431535

1994AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 431535 burned 4,250 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on August 6, 1994, and contained on September 1, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
4,250 acres
Discovered
August 6, 1994
Contained
September 1, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 4,577 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 65.266, -146.036.

The record

Reported final size
4,250 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
4,577 acres
Discovered
August 6, 1994, 3:25 p.m. local time
Contained
September 1, 1994, 4:15 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKUYD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1994-AKUYD-431535
Fire occurrence record
W-25994
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter modified from 2002 Landsat image P69 R14.

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 199412

FireAcresStartCause
Katlitna Fire43,330Jun 13, 1994Natural
Fyu E 76 Fire30,600Jul 29, 1994Natural
Hajdukovich Fire22,420Jun 14, 1994Natural
Tal Ne 33 Fire16,300Jun 10, 1994Natural
Fire 43222514,000Jun 9, 1994Natural
Fyu W 35 Fire13,800Jul 1, 1994Natural
Dck Sw 50 Fire12,000Jun 8, 1994Natural
Gardner Cr Fire9,050Aug 7, 1994Natural
Btt S 49 Fire8,240Jun 8, 1994Natural
Lick Creek Fire8,045Jun 15, 1994Natural
Tal S 27 Fire6,520Jun 6, 1994Natural
Btt Ne 26 Fire6,219Jun 8, 1994Natural

Every fire of 1994 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.