Uvgoon Creek Fire
The Uvgoon Creek Fire burned 11,231 acres in Alaska, in 2004. It was discovered on May 31, 2004, and contained on July 7, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,231 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2004
- Contained
- July 7, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 11,230 acres, mapped by not recorded. Point of origin as reported, 67.766, -162.320.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,231 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,230 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2004, 10:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 7, 2004, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Noatak Preserve
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-AKGAD-000127
- Fire occurrence record
- W-270577
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter updated by NPS in 2006
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. 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.