Chitsia Fire
The Chitsia Fire burned 9,330 acres in Alaska, in 2000. It was discovered on June 26, 2000, and contained on August 31, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,330 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2000
- Contained
- August 31, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,763 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.953, -150.502.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,330 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,763 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,334 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2000, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 2000, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-AKTAD-00A303
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6394715047720000626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-98003
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- EDC satellite perimeter updated using helicopter GPS perimeter
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 |
| Bering Creek Fire | 141,497 | Jun 14, 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 |
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. 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.