Qual Range Fire
The Qual Range Fire burned 2,053 acres in Alaska, in 2007. It was discovered on May 1, 2007, and contained on May 1, 2007. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 2,053 acres
- Discovered
- May 1, 2007
- Contained
- May 1, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,053 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 64.807, -147.642.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,053 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,053 acres
- Discovered
- May 1, 2007, 11:18 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 1, 2007, 9:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- AFS
- Unit
- AKMIL
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-AKMIL-000049
- Fire occurrence record
- W-540978
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- 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 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 |
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.