Bering Creek Fire
The Bering Creek Fire burned 141,497 acres in Alaska, in 2000. It was discovered on June 14, 2000, and contained on September 15, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 141,497 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2000
- Contained
- September 15, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 136,646 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.928, -153.412.
The record
- Reported final size
- 141,497 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 136,646 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 146,118 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2000, 5:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2000, 9:15 a.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
- 2000-AKTAD-032247
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6500015308820000614
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-98409
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service.
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zitziana Fire | 164,387 | Jun 13, 2000 | Natural |
| Spirit Lake Fire | 97,271 | Jun 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Grand Creek Fire | 93,317 | Jun 27, 2000 | Natural |
| Yukon Creek Fire | 61,291 | Jun 25, 2000 | Natural |
| Bearpaw Mt Fire | 39,072 | Jun 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Tango Creek Fire | 28,906 | Jun 25, 2000 | Natural |
| Grant Creek Fire | 19,247 | Jun 13, 2000 | Natural |
| Foraker Fire | 17,956 | Jun 23, 2000 | Natural |
| Pastoliak River Fire | 12,891 | Dec 28, 2000 | Human |
| Dall River Fire | 12,864 | Jun 9, 2000 | Natural |
| Otter Creek Fire | 11,566 | Jun 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Chitsia Fire | 9,330 | Jun 26, 2000 | 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.