Big Yetna Fire
The Big Yetna Fire burned 98,418 acres in Alaska, in 2004. It was discovered on July 8, 2004, and contained on October 27, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 98,418 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2004
- Contained
- October 27, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 94,963 acres. Point of origin as reported, 62.799, -158.752.
The record
- Reported final size
- 98,418 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 94,963 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 93,998 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2004, 11:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 27, 2004, 12:00 p.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
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-AKGAD-000395
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6289415864020040708
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124220
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Modified perimeter from 2005 Landsat image (Galena Zone Fires 05 Mosaic).
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Fire | 537,627 | Jun 13, 2004 | Natural |
| Dall City Fire | 483,280 | Jul 6, 2004 | Natural |
| Taylor Highway Complex (Billy Creek) Fire | 463,994 | Jun 18, 2004 | Natural |
| North Dag Fire | 419,884 | Jun 12, 2004 | Natural |
| Pingo Fire | 403,993 | Jun 15, 2004 | Natural |
| Winter Trail Fire | 344,833 | Jun 15, 2004 | Natural |
| Taylor Highway Complex (Chicken) Fire | 320,155 | Jun 15, 2004 | Natural |
| Taylor Highway Complex (Porcupine) Fire | 284,595 | Jun 21, 2004 | Natural |
| Bonanza Creek Fire | 265,920 | Jun 28, 2004 | Natural |
| Edwards Creek Fire | 243,900 | Jun 14, 2004 | Natural |
| Preacher Creek Fire | 243,254 | Jun 14, 2004 | Natural |
| Central Complex (Wolf Creek) Fire | 214,869 | Jun 7, 2004 | 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.