Wildfires of 1994

Fire 432258

1994AlaskaWildfire

The Fire 432258 burned 1,650 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 12, 1994, and contained on June 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,650 acres
Discovered
June 12, 1994
Contained
June 16, 1994
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,662 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.033, -159.786.

The record

Reported final size
1,650 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,662 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,666 acres
Discovered
June 12, 1994, 5:27 p.m. local time
Contained
June 16, 1994, 8:00 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
AKGAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1994-AKGAD-432258
MTBS fire identifier
AK6702515974719940612
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-25855
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter modified from 1999 Landsat image P77 R13.

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. 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.