Wildfires of 2009

Mi. 17 East End Rd Fire

2009AlaskaWildfire

The Mi. 17 East End Rd Fire burned 1,074 acres in Alaska, in 2009. It was discovered on May 12, 2009, and contained on May 20, 2009. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.

Size
1,074 acres
Discovered
May 12, 2009
Contained
May 20, 2009
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 59.767, -151.167.

The record

Reported final size
1,074 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
970 acres
Discovered
May 12, 2009
Contained
May 20, 2009
Cause
Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Kenai-Kodiak Area
Agency
DVF
Unit
AKKKS
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-AKKKS-000088
Fire occurrence record
AK-KKS-2009-903088
Perimeter map method
GPS
Note on the perimeter
Perimeter was flown by SITL beginning at 1100 and ending at 1300. He used a Garmin Maps60CX.

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.