Big Creek Fire
The Big Creek Fire burned 512 acres in Alaska, in 1999. It was discovered on July 12, 1999, and contained on August 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 512 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 1999
- Contained
- August 3, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,472 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 64.733, -154.852.
The record
- Reported final size
- 512 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,472 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 1999, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 1999, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-AKTAD-00B467
- Fire occurrence record
- W-2053
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 2000 Landsat image P74 R15.
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevinjik Fire | 232,828 | Jun 20, 1999 | Natural |
| Kink Fire | 92,010 | Jun 12, 1999 | Natural |
| Uvgoon Creek 2 Fire | 88,345 | Jun 26, 1999 | Natural |
| Melozi Moran Fire | 59,239 | Jun 27, 1999 | Natural |
| LowerLadue Fire | 57,576 | Jun 12, 1999 | Natural |
| Jessica Fire | 48,759 | Jun 13, 1999 | Natural |
| Witch Fire | 46,956 | Jun 12, 1999 | Natural |
| Pingo Fire | 38,174 | Jun 13, 1999 | Natural |
| Upperwestfork Fire | 35,874 | Jun 12, 1999 | Natural |
| Big Creek Fire | 28,634 | Jun 27, 1999 | Natural |
| Mt.terrel Fire | 27,354 | Jun 12, 1999 | Natural |
| Mosquito Fire | 26,199 | May 15, 1999 |
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.