Tough Fire
The Tough Fire burned 3,060 acres in Alaska, in 1997. It was discovered on June 23, 1997, and contained on August 15, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,060 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1997
- Contained
- August 15, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,783 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 61.433, -154.969.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,060 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,783 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1997, 5:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 1997, 12:04 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1997-AKSWS-704363
- Fire occurrence record
- W-9239
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter from 1999 Landsat image P72 R17.
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.