Wildfires of 1999

Mosquito Fire

1999AlaskaWildfire

The Mosquito Fire burned 26,199 acres in Alaska, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to May 15, 1999.

Size
26,199 acres
Ignition
May 15, 1999

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,199 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 64.102, -142.835.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
26,199 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
May 15, 1999
State
Alaska
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
AK6410714281919990515
MTBS assessment
Initial

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
LowerLadue Fire57,576Jun 12, 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
Big Ol Monster Fire23,202Jun 19, 1999Natural

Every fire of 1999 Alaska fire history

Nearby

Sources

Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.