Eddy Creek Fire
The Eddy Creek Fire burned 1,793 acres in Alaska, in 2001. It was discovered on June 25, 2001, and contained on July 15, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,793 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2001
- Contained
- July 15, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,092 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.249, -157.586.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,793 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,092 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,969 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2001, 4:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2001, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-AKGAD-000279
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6426915758920010625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-104299
- Perimeter map method
- Mixed Methods
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service and MTBS-Alaska data. Image ID: LE07_L2SP_075015_20020622_20200916_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 20017
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey Line Fire | 112,112 | Jun 20, 2001 | Human |
| Fish Creek Fire | 84,730 | Jun 20, 2001 | Human |
| Herron River Fire | 6,238 | Jun 26, 2001 | Natural |
| Kenai Lake Fire | 3,260 | Jun 25, 2001 | Human |
| Tractor Trail Fire | 3,257 | Jun 23, 2001 | Human |
| Duluth Fire | 2,110 | Sep 24, 2001 | Human |
| Hillbilly Fire | 1,475 | Sep 27, 2001 | Human |
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.