Bear Fire
The Bear Fire burned 1,230 acres in Alaska, in 1997. It was discovered on July 17, 1997, and contained on August 29, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,230 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 1997
- Contained
- August 29, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,265 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.954, -150.977.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,230 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,265 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,224 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 1997, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 29, 1997, 12:47 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1997-AKTAD-00B570
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6396215099619970717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-9350
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 1999 Landsat 7 image (P72 R15) acquired 8/28/1999.
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 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inowak Fire | 606,945 | Jun 25, 1997 | Natural |
| Simels Fire | 365,871 | Jun 7, 1997 | Natural |
| Magitchlie Creek Fire | 308,120 | Jun 10, 1997 | Natural |
| George River Fire | 101,820 | Jun 26, 1997 | Natural |
| Garfield Creek Fire | 76,300 | Jul 22, 1997 | Natural |
| Titnuk Creek Fire | 71,760 | Jun 24, 1997 | Natural |
| Many Lakes Fire | 47,300 | Jul 21, 1997 | Natural |
| West Fork Nixon Fire | 47,060 | Jul 5, 1997 | Natural |
| B 484 Fire | 44,050 | Jul 3, 1997 | Natural |
| Reindeer Fire | 37,900 | Jul 22, 1997 | Natural |
| Kokhila Hills Fire | 36,400 | Jun 8, 1997 | Natural |
| Roketaloi Fire | 35,490 | Jul 3, 1997 | 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.