Koness River Fire
The Koness River Fire burned 9,725 acres in Alaska, in 2006. It was discovered on June 15, 2006, and contained on July 28, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 9,725 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2006
- Contained
- July 28, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,484 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.871, -144.295.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,725 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,484 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,725 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 2006, 10:06 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2006, 5:11 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
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-AKUYD-000196
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6785714440720060615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-526685
- 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 200610
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Hwy Fire | 118,520 | Jun 7, 2006 | Human |
| Nageethluk River Fire | 52,540 | May 31, 2006 | Natural |
| Coleen River Fire | 15,819 | Jun 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Grass River Fire | 14,880 | Jul 10, 2006 | Natural |
| Little Delta River Fire | 14,200 | May 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Dennison Fire | 13,200 | Jun 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Takslesluk North Fire | 4,017 | Jul 7, 2006 | Natural |
| North Horn Fire | 2,730 | Jul 6, 2006 | Natural |
| Fairplay Fire | 2,095 | Jul 11, 2006 | Natural |
| Meshik River Fire | 1,310 | May 22, 2006 | Human |
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.