Wildfires of 1995

Clearwater #2 Fire

1995AlaskaWildfire

The Clearwater #2 Fire burned 1,200 acres in Alaska, in 1995. It was discovered on June 14, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
June 14, 1995
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 63.967, -145.250.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
805 acres
Discovered
June 14, 1995
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
1995-AKDAS-512307
Fire occurrence record
AK-DAS-1995-512307
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_068015_19950728_20200912_02_T1 and LT05_L2SP_066015_19950628_20200912_02_T1.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Liv E 19 Fire8,500Jul 17, 1995Natural
Minto Flats Fire7,500Jul 14, 1995Natural
Fire 5323706,060Jul 15, 1995Natural
CLEARWATER1 Fire2,960May 3, 1995Human
Fire 5323912,850Jul 29, 1995Natural
Gal Ne 76 Fire2,780Jul 16, 1995Natural
Dennison Fork Fire1,880May 12, 1995Natural
Fire 5321481,500May 12, 1995Natural
Mhm Nw 42 Fire1,320May 12, 1995Natural
Billy Lake Fire1,060Jun 12, 1995Natural
Otz Ne 55 Fire920Jun 9, 1995Natural

Every fire of 1995 Alaska fire history

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.