Gal Ne 38 Fire
The Gal Ne 38 Fire burned 3,680 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 14, 1994, and contained on July 7, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,680 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 1994
- Contained
- July 7, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,381 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.033, -155.519.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,381 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,082 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 1994, 4:10 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 7, 1994, 5:17 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AKGAD-00A300
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6505115547119940614
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25887
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_075014_19950915_20200912_02_T1.
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katlitna Fire | 43,330 | Jun 13, 1994 | Natural |
| Fyu E 76 Fire | 30,600 | Jul 29, 1994 | Natural |
| Hajdukovich Fire | 22,420 | Jun 14, 1994 | Natural |
| Tal Ne 33 Fire | 16,300 | Jun 10, 1994 | Natural |
| Fire 432225 | 14,000 | Jun 9, 1994 | Natural |
| Fyu W 35 Fire | 13,800 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Dck Sw 50 Fire | 12,000 | Jun 8, 1994 | Natural |
| Gardner Cr Fire | 9,050 | Aug 7, 1994 | Natural |
| Btt S 49 Fire | 8,240 | Jun 8, 1994 | Natural |
| Lick Creek Fire | 8,045 | Jun 15, 1994 | Natural |
| Tal S 27 Fire | 6,520 | Jun 6, 1994 | Natural |
| Btt Ne 26 Fire | 6,219 | Jun 8, 1994 | Natural |
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.