Kitalitna Fire
The Kitalitna Fire burned 24,525 acres in Alaska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 25, 2011, and contained on June 19, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 24,525 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2011
- Contained
- June 19, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 24,525 acres, mapped by gps. Point of origin as reported, 65.556, -154.593.
The record
- Reported final size
- 24,525 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 24,525 acres
- Discovered
- May 25, 2011, 10:28 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 19, 2011, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKTAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-AKTAD-000194
- Fire occurrence record
- W-620601
- Perimeter map method
- GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- Flown by Will Hutto, digitized by rmmikol
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 |
| 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. 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.