Dish Mountain Fire
The Dish Mountain Fire burned 38,510 acres in Alaska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 27, 2011, and contained on August 11, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 38,510 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2011
- Contained
- August 11, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,277 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.117, -157.350.
The record
- Reported final size
- 38,510 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,277 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 25,859 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2011
- Contained
- August 11, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Southwest Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-AKSWS-000223
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6312215733120110527
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-SWS-2011-104223
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LT05_L2SP_074016_20110702_20200822_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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Volkmar Fire | 54,217 | May 26, 2011 | Natural |
| Fish River Fire | 31,600 | May 26, 2011 | Natural |
| Little Creek Fire | 26,201 | May 29, 2011 | Natural |
| Coal Creek Fire | 24,849 | May 21, 2011 | Natural |
| Kitalitna Fire | 24,525 | May 25, 2011 | Natural |
| Hastings Fire | 23,123 | May 30, 2011 | Human |
| Lloyd Fire | 8,818 | May 31, 2011 | Natural |
| Bonnifield #1 Fire | 8,593 | Jul 9, 2011 | Natural |
| McCord Creek Fire | 7,717 | May 29, 2011 | Natural |
| Hochandochtla Mountain Fire | 7,086 | May 25, 2011 | Natural |
| Tatalina River Fire | 3,268 | May 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Chitanana Fire | 3,051 | May 30, 2011 | 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.