Monkey Boy Fire
The Monkey Boy Fire burned 1,121 acres in Alaska, in 1996. It was discovered on June 17, 1996, and contained on July 8, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,121 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1996
- Contained
- July 8, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,141 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 65.416, -145.702.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,121 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,141 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1996, 5:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1996, 4:45 p.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
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-AKUYD-631478
- Fire occurrence record
- W-13480
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 2002 Landsat image P69 R14.
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 |
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.