Wildfires of 2009

Ladue River Fire

2009AlaskaWildfire

The Ladue River Fire burned 24,061 acres in Alaska, in 2009. It was discovered on June 1, 2009, and contained on June 22, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
24,061 acres
Discovered
June 1, 2009
Contained
June 22, 2009
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 23,428 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 63.283, -141.550.

The record

Reported final size
24,061 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
23,428 acres
Discovered
June 1, 2009
Contained
June 22, 2009
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Tok Area
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKTAS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-AKTAS-000214
Fire occurrence record
AK-TAS-2009-913214
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LT05_L2SP_065016_20090729_20200827_02_T1 and LT05_L2SP_064016_20090706_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

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

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. 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.