Hot Springs Creek Fire
The Hot Springs Creek Fire burned 4,848 acres in Alaska, in 2007. It was discovered on July 6, 2007, and contained on July 10, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,848 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007
- Contained
- July 10, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,974 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.450, -153.220.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,848 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,974 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007, 9:27 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 2007, 6:14 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Hot Springs Creek 1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6545515325120070706
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-546649
- Note on the perimeter
- Two adjacent fires Hot Springs Creek 1 and 2. Old dNBR offset value was 95.
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 | ||
| Hodzana River Fire | 18,050 | May 22, 2007 | Natural |
| 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 |
Sources
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.