Kaluktavik River Fire
The Kaluktavik River Fire burned 23,399 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on July 2, 2010, and contained on July 22, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 23,399 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2010
- Contained
- July 22, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 23,282 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 67.958, -160.892.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,399 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 23,282 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 2010, 4:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 22, 2010, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Noatak Preserve
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AKGAD-000561
- Fire occurrence record
- W-617495
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 2010 Landsat image P79R12 (9/20/2010). Perimeter submitted by NPS.
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 |
| 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 |
| Eagle Trail Fire | 17,934 | May 26, 2010 | Natural |
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.