Wildfires of 2007

Qual Range Fire

2007AlaskaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Anaktuvuk River Fire256,734Jul 16, 2007Natural
Caribou Hills Fire56,254Jun 19, 2007Human
Coffee Can Lake Fire43,705Jul 5, 2007Natural
Little Delta Fire33,452Apr 29, 2007Human
Woodchopper 2 Wfu Fire22,011Jun 6, 2007Natural
Mooseheart Fire21,508May 23, 2007Natural
Coleen Fire20,937Jul 9, 2007Natural
Ladue Fire19,246
Hodzana River Fire18,050May 22, 2007Natural
Little Big Creek Fire17,717Jul 8, 2007Natural
Runt Creek Fire9,807Jul 9, 2007Natural
Su River Fire8,494Jun 20, 2007Natural

Every fire of 2007 Alaska fire history

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.