Wildfires of 2009

Little Black One Fire

2009AlaskaWildfire

The Little Black One Fire burned 349,450 acres in Alaska, in 2009. It was discovered on June 20, 2009, and contained on September 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
349,450 acres
Discovered
June 20, 2009
Contained
September 28, 2009
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 349,451 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 66.224, -143.257.

The record

Reported final size
349,450 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
349,451 acres
Discovered
June 20, 2009, 8:30 p.m. local time
Contained
September 28, 2009, 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
Part of
Crazy Mountain Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-AKUYD-000314
Fire occurrence record
W-593133
Perimeter map method
Digitized
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter was checked to see if spot fires acrually existed. Recon flight determined that the spots are not real.

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
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
Chakina Fire56,413Jul 2, 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.