Wildfires of 1995

Otz Ne 55 Fire

1995AlaskaWildfire

The Otz Ne 55 Fire burned 920 acres in Alaska, in 1995. It was discovered on June 9, 1995, and contained on June 25, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
920 acres
Discovered
June 9, 1995
Contained
June 25, 1995
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,257 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.333, -160.586.

The record

Reported final size
920 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,257 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,066 acres
Discovered
June 9, 1995, 10:36 a.m. local time
Contained
June 25, 1995, 8:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKGAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1995-AKGAD-00B254
MTBS fire identifier
AK6732916060019950609
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
W-20911
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_079013_19950911_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
Clearwater #2 Fire1,200Jun 14, 1995Human
Billy Lake Fire1,060Jun 12, 1995Natural

Every fire of 1995 Alaska fire history

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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.