Wildfires of 2009

Gagaryah Fire

2009AlaskaWildfire

The Gagaryah Fire burned 6,973 acres in Alaska, in 2009. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
6,973 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,973 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 61.680, -155.357.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
6,973 acres
State
Alaska
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKSWS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-AKSWS-000360
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_073017_20100708_20200824_02_T1 , LE07_L2SP_073017_20090729_20200911_02_T1, and LE07_L2SP_073017_20090713_20200911_02_T1.

Other large fires in Alaska in 200912

FireAcresStartCause
Railbelt Complex (Minto Flats South) Fire517,078Jun 21, 2009Natural
Little Black One Fire349,450Jun 20, 2009Natural
Big Creek Fire169,639Jul 18, 2009Natural
Titna River Fire164,542Jul 11, 2009Natural
Tonclonukna Creek Fire164,318May 23, 2009Natural
Zitziana Fire141,126Jun 17, 2009Natural
Nowitna Fire126,582Jun 13, 2009Natural
Wood River 1 Fire125,382Jul 12, 2009Natural
Railbelt Complex (Rex Creek) Fire101,150Aug 2, 2009Natural
Stevens Creek 1 Fire85,909Jun 18, 2009Natural
Sheenjek Fire62,658Jul 2, 2009Natural
Rock Slough Fire62,313Jun 30, 2009Natural

Every fire of 2009 Alaska fire history

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.