Granite Tors Prescribed Fire
The Granite Tors Prescribed Fire burned 7,880 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on May 27, 2010, and contained on August 11, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,880 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2010
- Contained
- August 11, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,097 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.786, -146.224.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,880 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,097 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2010
- Contained
- August 11, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Fairbanks Area
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6479114628020100527
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-FAS-2010-011230
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toklat 2 Fire | 171,727 | May 16, 2010 | Natural |
| Turquoise Lake Fire | 91,885 | May 17, 2010 | Human |
| Pat Creek Fire | 72,692 | Jun 25, 2010 | Natural |
| Chitanatala Fire | 36,633 | May 26, 2010 | Natural |
| Canvasback Lake Fire | 35,456 | Jul 12, 2010 | Natural |
| Peavey Creek Fire | 30,239 | Jul 1, 2010 | Natural |
| Toklat 2 Fire | 27,817 | ||
| Derby Creek Fire | 23,577 | Jun 23, 2010 | Natural |
| Kaluktavik River Fire | 23,399 | Jul 2, 2010 | Natural |
| Delta Complex (Gilles Creek) Fire | 19,372 | May 26, 2010 | Natural |
| Mystery Fire | 18,952 | May 27, 2010 | Natural |
| Sidik Lake Fire | 18,189 | Jun 10, 2010 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.