Steele Fire
The Steele Fire burned 1,000 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on October 2, 1994. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 63.950, -144.883.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 785 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1994
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Delta Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKDAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AKDAS-412674
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-DAS-1994-412674
- 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. 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.