Taylor Highway Complex (Porcupine) Fire
The Taylor Highway Complex (Porcupine) Fire burned 284,595 acres in Alaska, in 2004. It was discovered on June 21, 2004, and contained on November 9, 2004. MTBS dates its ignition to June 26, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 284,595 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2004
- Contained
- November 9, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 267,550 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.450, -142.669.
The record
- Reported final size
- 284,595 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 267,550 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 278,033 acres
- Discovered
- June 21, 2004, 3:58 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 26, 2004
- Contained
- November 9, 2004, 9:45 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKTAS
- Part of
- Taylor Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-AKTAS-000293
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6349714262320040626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-125468
- 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bolgen Creek Fire | 201,894 | Jul 11, 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.