Wildfires of 2004

Aggie 2 Fire

2004AlaskaWildfire

The Aggie 2 Fire burned 3,325 acres in Alaska, in 2004. It was discovered on July 19, 2004, and contained on October 16, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,325 acres
Discovered
July 19, 2004
Contained
October 16, 2004
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,279 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.200, -148.183.

The record

Reported final size
3,325 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,279 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,763 acres
Discovered
July 19, 2004
Contained
October 16, 2004
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Fairbanks Area
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKFAS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2004-AKFAS-000497
MTBS fire identifier
AK6521714816720040719
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2004AKDNRAK01130404-00528
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 200412

FireAcresStartCause
Boundary Fire537,627Jun 13, 2004Natural
Dall City Fire483,280Jul 6, 2004Natural
Taylor Highway Complex (Billy Creek) Fire463,994Jun 18, 2004Natural
North Dag Fire419,884Jun 12, 2004Natural
Pingo Fire403,993Jun 15, 2004Natural
Winter Trail Fire344,833Jun 15, 2004Natural
Taylor Highway Complex (Chicken) Fire320,155Jun 15, 2004Natural
Taylor Highway Complex (Porcupine) Fire284,595Jun 21, 2004Natural
Bonanza Creek Fire265,920Jun 28, 2004Natural
Edwards Creek Fire243,900Jun 14, 2004Natural
Preacher Creek Fire243,254Jun 14, 2004Natural
Central Complex (Wolf Creek) Fire214,869Jun 7, 2004Natural

Every fire of 2004 Alaska fire history

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.