Gilahina Fire
The Gilahina Fire burned 1,234 acres in Alaska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 30, 2011, and contained on June 13, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,234 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2011
- Contained
- June 13, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,245 acres. Point of origin as reported, 61.430, -143.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,234 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,245 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,065 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2011, 7:29 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 13, 2011, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKWSP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-AKCRS-000288
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6144314351520110530
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-624021
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Perimeter modified from 2011 Landsat 5 image acquired on 8/29/2011. Southerwestern boundary collected with GPS by walking and represents hand line.
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 |
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.