Turquoise Lake Fire
The Turquoise Lake Fire burned 91,885 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on May 17, 2010, and contained on September 7, 2010. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 91,885 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2010
- Contained
- September 7, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 86,859 acres. Point of origin as reported, 62.395, -153.503.
The record
- Reported final size
- 91,885 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 86,859 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 88,095 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2010, 6:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 7, 2010, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Regional Office
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AKSWS-000137
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6259215372820100517
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-613685
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LE07_L2SP_072016_20100927_20200910_02_T1, LT05_L2SP_071016_20100912_20200823_02_T1 and LE07_L2SP_072016_20100709_20200911_02_T1.
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.