Upper Gerstle Fire
The Upper Gerstle Fire burned 1,379 acres in Alaska, in 2010. It was discovered on May 27, 2010, and contained on July 15, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,379 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2010
- Contained
- July 15, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,192 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 63.700, -145.167.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,379 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,192 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2010, 3:04 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Delta Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKDAS
- Part of
- Delta Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AKDAS-000231
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010-AK-DAS-012231
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_067015_20100815_20200823_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 |
| 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
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.