Sidik Lake Fire
The Sidik Lake Fire burned 18,189 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on June 10, 2010, and contained on June 21, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,189 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2010
- Contained
- June 21, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,398 acres. Point of origin as reported, 68.143, -158.945.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,189 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,398 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,406 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AKGAD-000398
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6812515887120100610
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-602747
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Edits to NPS-provided perimeter. Edit date not specified.
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 |
| 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. 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.