Deadwood Fire
The Deadwood Fire burned 5,500 acres in Alaska, in 1997. It was discovered on July 20, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,352 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 62.718, -157.309.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,500 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,352 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Southwest Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1997-AKSWS-704598
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-AK0369-97_B598
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LE07_L2SP_075016_19990817_20200918_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 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 |
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.