Wildfires of 2000

Beaver Ck Fire

2000AlaskaWildfire

The Beaver Ck Fire burned 1,159 acres in Alaska, in 2000. It was discovered on June 24, 2000, and contained on July 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,159 acres
Discovered
June 24, 2000
Contained
July 28, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,004 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.783, -146.269.

The record

Reported final size
1,159 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,004 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
999 acres
Discovered
June 24, 2000, 3:46 p.m. local time
Contained
July 28, 2000, 2:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKFAS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2000-AKFAS-011280
MTBS fire identifier
AK6478414624220000624
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-99046
Perimeter map method
Mixed Methods
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service and MTBS-Alaska data. Image ID: LE07_L2SP_069014_20000910_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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Zitziana Fire164,387Jun 13, 2000Natural
Bering Creek Fire141,497Jun 14, 2000Natural
Spirit Lake Fire97,271Jun 10, 2000Natural
Grand Creek Fire93,317Jun 27, 2000Natural
Yukon Creek Fire61,291Jun 25, 2000Natural
Bearpaw Mt Fire39,072Jun 24, 2000Natural
Tango Creek Fire28,906Jun 25, 2000Natural
Grant Creek Fire19,247Jun 13, 2000Natural
Foraker Fire17,956Jun 23, 2000Natural
Pastoliak River Fire12,891Dec 28, 2000Human
Dall River Fire12,864Jun 9, 2000Natural
Otter Creek Fire11,566Jun 24, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Alaska fire history

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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.