Big Lake Fire
The Big Lake Fire burned 2,909 acres in Alaska, in 2009. It was discovered on May 25, 2009, and contained on September 25, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,909 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2009
- Contained
- September 25, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,841 acres. Point of origin as reported, 61.583, -156.833.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,909 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,841 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,320 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2009
- Contained
- September 25, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Southwest Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-AKSWS-000177
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6158915685920090525
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-SWS-2009-904177
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_074017_20090829_20200825_02_T1.
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railbelt Complex (Minto Flats South) Fire | 517,078 | Jun 21, 2009 | Natural |
| Little Black One Fire | 349,450 | Jun 20, 2009 | Natural |
| Big Creek Fire | 169,639 | Jul 18, 2009 | Natural |
| Titna River Fire | 164,542 | Jul 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Tonclonukna Creek Fire | 164,318 | May 23, 2009 | Natural |
| Zitziana Fire | 141,126 | Jun 17, 2009 | Natural |
| Nowitna Fire | 126,582 | Jun 13, 2009 | Natural |
| Wood River 1 Fire | 125,382 | Jul 12, 2009 | Natural |
| Railbelt Complex (Rex Creek) Fire | 101,150 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Stevens Creek 1 Fire | 85,909 | Jun 18, 2009 | Natural |
| Sheenjek Fire | 62,658 | Jul 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Rock Slough Fire | 62,313 | Jun 30, 2009 | 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.