Slow Fork Fire
The Slow Fork Fire burned 21,800 acres in Alaska, in 1998. It was discovered on June 30, 1998, and contained on July 31, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 21,800 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 1998
- Contained
- July 31, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 20,197 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 63.333, -153.619.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,800 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 20,197 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 1998, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 31, 1998, 2:06 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1998-AKSWS-804307
- Fire occurrence record
- W-4476
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LE07_L2SP_073015_19990702_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 19986
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carla Lake Fire | 53,720 | May 21, 1998 | Natural |
| STP001 Fire | 42,763 | Jan 1, 1998 | |
| Gardiner Creek Fire | 31,360 | Jul 2, 1998 | Natural |
| STP001 Fire | 9,728 | Jan 1, 1998 | |
| West Fork Fire | 5,760 | Jun 30, 1998 | Natural |
| Walker Fork Fire | 3,381 | Jun 3, 1998 | 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.