Kitalitna Creek Fire
The Kitalitna Creek Fire burned 1,263 acres in Alaska, in 1997. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,263 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,263 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 65.689, -154.416.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,263 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1997-AKTAD-00B677
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service.
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. 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.