Koness River Fire
The Koness River Fire burned 6,860 acres in Alaska, in 2007. It was discovered on June 28, 2007, and contained on August 18, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,860 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2007
- Contained
- August 18, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,860 acres, mapped by not recorded. Point of origin as reported, 68.102, -144.601.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,860 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,860 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2007, 4:16 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2007, 11:15 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-000348
- Fire occurrence record
- W-547818
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter was sketched from the air and later digitized in GIS.
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
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.