Otz Ne 85 Fire
The Otz Ne 85 Fire burned 1,270 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on June 13, 1994, and contained on June 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 1994
- Contained
- June 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,527 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 67.866, -160.703.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,270 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,527 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 1994, 3:26 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 1994, 12:45 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-432270
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25866
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized perimeter from 1995 Landsat image P81 R12.
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. 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.