Wildfires of 2008

Discovery South Fire

2008AlaskaWildfire

The Discovery South Fire burned 3,496 acres in Alaska, in 2008. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
3,496 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,496 acres, mapped by digitized. Middle of the perimeter, 61.304, -159.762.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
3,496 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKSWS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2008-AKSWS-000292
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Mapped by aerial recon

Other large fires in Alaska in 200812

FireAcresStartCause
Three Lakes Fire24,058Jul 2, 2008Natural
Sheenjek River Fire15,804Jul 6, 2008Natural
Blind Luck Fire14,289Jul 7, 2008Natural
Sheenjek River Fire8,766
Prf Fire5,680Jul 7, 2008Natural
Discovery South Fire3,496Jul 6, 2008Natural
Goose Slough Fire2,564Jul 8, 2008Natural
Coffee Can West Fire2,309Jul 7, 2008Natural
Prospect Creek Fire1,685Jul 9, 2008Natural
John River Fire1,661Jul 8, 2008Natural
Sullivan Fire1,344Jun 6, 2008Natural
Reed River Fire1,121Jun 27, 2008Natural

Every fire of 2008 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. 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.