Hard Luck Creek Fire
The Hard Luck Creek Fire burned 2,230 acres in Alaska, in 1996. It was discovered on June 17, 1996, and contained on August 30, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,230 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1996
- Contained
- August 30, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,256 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 65.124, -141.092.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,230 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,256 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1996, 3:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 1996, 11:50 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-AKUYD-00A475
- Fire occurrence record
- W-13478
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from Landsat 5 image acquired on 6/27/1997.
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mile Creek Fire | 66,560 | May 29, 1996 | Human |
| Chitanana River Fire | 59,063 | Jun 17, 1996 | Natural |
| Big Creek Fire | 48,600 | Jun 16, 1996 | Natural |
| A 508 Fire | 41,410 | Jun 19, 1996 | Natural |
| Slender Smoke Fire | 39,660 | Jul 11, 1996 | Natural |
| Monkey Girl Fire | 39,116 | Jun 16, 1996 | Natural |
| Millers Reach 2 Fire | 37,336 | Jun 2, 1996 | Human |
| Circ Mountain Fire | 34,665 | Jun 18, 1996 | Natural |
| Deadman Island Fire | 33,490 | Jun 19, 1996 | Natural |
| Wein Lk Fire | 25,433 | Jun 17, 1996 | Natural |
| A 521 Fire | 22,666 | Jun 21, 1996 | Natural |
| Crooked Creek Fire | 17,510 | Jun 6, 1996 | Human |
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.