Billy Lake Fire
The Billy Lake Fire burned 1,060 acres in Alaska, in 1995. It was discovered on June 12, 1995, and contained on July 10, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,060 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 1995
- Contained
- July 10, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,585 acres. Point of origin as reported, 62.500, -144.719.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,060 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,585 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,342 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 1995, 7:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 1995, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKCRS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1995-AKCRS-502296
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6251614470219950612
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-20927
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1995 Landsat 5 image acquired on 7/7/1995.
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 199511
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liv E 19 Fire | 8,500 | Jul 17, 1995 | Natural |
| Minto Flats Fire | 7,500 | Jul 14, 1995 | Natural |
| Fire 532370 | 6,060 | Jul 15, 1995 | Natural |
| CLEARWATER1 Fire | 2,960 | May 3, 1995 | Human |
| Fire 532391 | 2,850 | Jul 29, 1995 | Natural |
| Gal Ne 76 Fire | 2,780 | Jul 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Dennison Fork Fire | 1,880 | May 12, 1995 | Natural |
| Fire 532148 | 1,500 | May 12, 1995 | Natural |
| Mhm Nw 42 Fire | 1,320 | May 12, 1995 | Natural |
| Clearwater #2 Fire | 1,200 | Jun 14, 1995 | Human |
| Otz Ne 55 Fire | 920 | Jun 9, 1995 | 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.