Hodzana River Fire
The Hodzana River Fire burned 18,050 acres in Alaska, in 2007. It was discovered on May 22, 2007, and contained on June 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,050 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2007
- Contained
- June 20, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,319 acres. Point of origin as reported, 66.662, -149.626.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,050 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,319 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,049 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2007, 8:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 2007, 9:35 a.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
- 2007-AKUYD-000155
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6666414970220070522
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-541831
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter was sketched from an aircraft and later digitized in GIS over a 1:63K DRG.
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaktuvuk River Fire | 256,734 | Jul 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Caribou Hills Fire | 56,254 | Jun 19, 2007 | Human |
| Coffee Can Lake Fire | 43,705 | Jul 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Little Delta Fire | 33,452 | Apr 29, 2007 | Human |
| Woodchopper 2 Wfu Fire | 22,011 | Jun 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Mooseheart Fire | 21,508 | May 23, 2007 | Natural |
| Coleen Fire | 20,937 | Jul 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Ladue Fire | 19,246 | ||
| Little Big Creek Fire | 17,717 | Jul 8, 2007 | Natural |
| Runt Creek Fire | 9,807 | Jul 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Su River Fire | 8,494 | Jun 20, 2007 | Natural |
| Jordan Creek Fire | 8,404 | Jun 30, 2007 | Natural |
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.