Windy Point Fire
The Windy Point Fire burned 2,800 acres in Alaska, in 1994. It was discovered on August 30, 1994, and contained on September 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 2,800 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 1994
- Contained
- September 30, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,687 acres. Point of origin as reported, 60.133, -150.783.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,687 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,035 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 1994, 8:40 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 30, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKKKS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AKKKS-403635
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6011915081019940830
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1994AKKNR7463
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter from 2002 Landsat image (P69 R18).
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.