Sulukna River Wfu Fire
The Sulukna River Wfu Fire burned 7,919 acres in Alaska, in 2007. It was discovered on May 21, 2007, and contained on July 28, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,919 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2007
- Contained
- July 28, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,557 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.822, -154.132.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,919 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,557 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,919 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2007, 7:26 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2007, 5:05 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-AKTAD-000150
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6384115414720070521
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-545624
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- The perimeter was sketched from an aircraft and digitized 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 | ||
| 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. 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.