Chitanana River Fire
The Chitanana River Fire burned 1,347 acres in Alaska, in 2009. It was discovered on May 26, 2009, and contained on July 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,347 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2009
- Contained
- July 5, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,316 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 64.650, -152.480.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,347 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,316 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2009, 5:49 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 5, 2009, 8:00 p.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
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-AKTAD-000191
- Fire occurrence record
- W-591977
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_071015_20090707_20200827_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 |
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. 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.