Pat Creek Fire
The Pat Creek Fire burned 72,692 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on June 25, 2010, and contained on October 25, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 72,692 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2010
- Contained
- October 25, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 72,692 acres, mapped by digitized. Point of origin as reported, 66.201, -148.799.
The record
- Reported final size
- 72,692 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 72,692 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2010, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AKUYD-000501
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2010AKYFRFG54
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire flown by J. Higgins
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 |
| 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 |
| Eagle Trail Fire | 17,934 | May 26, 2010 | Natural |
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.