Wildfires of 1994

Fire 432225

1994AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 432225 burned 14,000 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 9, 1994, and contained on June 28, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
14,000 acres
Discovered
June 9, 1994
Contained
June 28, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,286 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.833, -155.653.

The record

Reported final size
14,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
13,286 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
12,902 acres
Discovered
June 9, 1994, 2:34 p.m. local time
Contained
June 28, 1994, 6:00 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
1994-AKGAD-432225
MTBS fire identifier
AK6579815574419940609
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-25829
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Modified perimeter from 2005 Landsat image (Galena Zone Fires 05 Mosaic).

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
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
Gal Sw 94 Fire5,650Jun 9, 1994Natural

Every fire of 1994 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. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.