Gal Nw 58 Fire
The Gal Nw 58 Fire burned 1,500 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 11, 1994, and contained on June 28, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1994
- Contained
- June 28, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,708 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.666, -157.653.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,708 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,501 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1994, 11:44 a.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-00A242
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6565515761719940611
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25843
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter imported from fire history.
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 |
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.