Francis Creek Fire
The Francis Creek Fire burned 2,020 acres in Alaska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 21, 2011, and contained on September 8, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,020 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2011
- Contained
- September 8, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,063 acres. Point of origin as reported, 63.932, -148.887.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,020 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,063 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,863 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2011
- Contained
- September 8, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Fairbanks Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKFAS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-AKFAS-000170
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6393214888720110521
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-FAS-2011-111170
- Perimeter map method
- GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter provided by FAS - Tom Ruszkowski
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 |
| Dish Mountain Fire | 38,510 | May 27, 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 |
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. 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.