Wildfires of 1999

LowerLadue Fire

1999AlaskaWildfire

The LowerLadue Fire burned 57,576 acres in Alaska, in 1999. It was discovered on June 12, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
57,576 acres
Discovered
June 12, 1999
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 52,420 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 63.384, -141.027.

The record

Reported final size
57,576 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
52,420 acres
Discovered
June 12, 1999
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Tok Area
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKTAS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1999-AKTAS-913234
Fire occurrence record
SFO-AK0369-99_B234
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_063016_19990805_20200907_02_T1. Perimeter is clipped to AK/Yukon border.

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

FireAcresStartCause
Kevinjik Fire232,828Jun 20, 1999Natural
Kink Fire92,010Jun 12, 1999Natural
Uvgoon Creek 2 Fire88,345Jun 26, 1999Natural
Melozi Moran Fire59,239Jun 27, 1999Natural
Jessica Fire48,759Jun 13, 1999Natural
Witch Fire46,956Jun 12, 1999Natural
Pingo Fire38,174Jun 13, 1999Natural
Upperwestfork Fire35,874Jun 12, 1999Natural
Big Creek Fire28,634Jun 27, 1999Natural
Mt.terrel Fire27,354Jun 12, 1999Natural
Mosquito Fire26,199May 15, 1999
Big Ol Monster Fire23,202Jun 19, 1999Natural

Every fire of 1999 Alaska fire history

Nearby

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.