Coffee Can West Fire
The Coffee Can West Fire burned 2,309 acres in Alaska, in 2008. It was discovered on July 7, 2008, and contained on October 15, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,309 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2008
- Contained
- October 15, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,480 acres. Point of origin as reported, 65.326, -157.183.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,309 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,480 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 792 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2008, 5:49 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 15, 2008, 12:20 p.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
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-AKGAD-000306
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6532815717020080707
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-576084
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- L. Weddle hand drawn perimeter.
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Lakes Fire | 24,058 | Jul 2, 2008 | Natural |
| Sheenjek River Fire | 15,804 | Jul 6, 2008 | Natural |
| Blind Luck Fire | 14,289 | Jul 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Sheenjek River Fire | 8,766 | ||
| Prf Fire | 5,680 | Jul 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Discovery South Fire | 3,496 | ||
| Discovery South Fire | 3,496 | Jul 6, 2008 | Natural |
| Goose Slough Fire | 2,564 | Jul 8, 2008 | Natural |
| Prospect Creek Fire | 1,685 | Jul 9, 2008 | Natural |
| John River Fire | 1,661 | Jul 8, 2008 | Natural |
| Sullivan Fire | 1,344 | Jun 6, 2008 | Natural |
| Reed River Fire | 1,121 | Jun 27, 2008 | 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.