Fish Creek Fire
The Fish Creek Fire burned 84,730 acres in Alaska, in 2001. It was discovered on June 20, 2001, and contained on September 10, 2001. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 84,730 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2001
- Contained
- September 10, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 83,306 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.333, -148.952.
The record
- Reported final size
- 84,730 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 83,306 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 84,784 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2001, 12:43 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2001, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKFAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-AKFAS-000246
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6431714867020010620
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-105984
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- None Recorded
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 |
| 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 |
| Eddy Creek Fire | 1,793 | Jun 25, 2001 | Natural |
| Hillbilly Fire | 1,475 | Sep 27, 2001 | Human |
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.