Pingo Fire
The Pingo Fire burned 38,174 acres in Alaska, in 1999. It was discovered on June 13, 1999, and contained on August 17, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 38,174 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 1999
- Contained
- August 17, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 46,057 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.615, -141.727.
The record
- Reported final size
- 38,174 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 46,057 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 42,111 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 1999, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 1999, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-AKUYD-00B264
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6558714195719990613
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-2578
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 2000 landsat image P67 R14.
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 |
| 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 | |
| Big Ol Monster Fire | 23,202 | Jun 19, 1999 | 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. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.