Prf Fire
The Prf Fire burned 5,680 acres in Alaska, in 2008. It was discovered on July 7, 2008, and contained on August 5, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,680 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2008
- Contained
- August 5, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,078 acres. Point of origin as reported, 66.428, -156.187.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,078 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 818 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2008, 11:38 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 2008, 10:56 a.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
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-AKGAD-000295
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6642815621520080707
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-576081
- 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 | ||
| Discovery South Fire | 3,496 | ||
| Discovery South Fire | 3,496 | Jul 6, 2008 | Natural |
| Goose Slough Fire | 2,564 | Jul 8, 2008 | Natural |
| Coffee Can West Fire | 2,309 | Jul 7, 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.