Sheenjek River Fire
The Sheenjek River Fire burned 15,804 acres in Alaska, in 2008. It was discovered on July 6, 2008, and contained on October 14, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to June 30, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 15,804 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2008
- Contained
- October 14, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,872 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.208, -144.048.
The record
- Reported final size
- 15,804 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,872 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 15,804 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2008, 5:48 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 30, 2008
- Contained
- October 14, 2008, 12:00 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
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-AKUYD-000288
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6721314403420080630
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-573749
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- Sketched by James Higgins.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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. 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.