Wildfires of 2011

Lloyd Fire

2011AlaskaWildfire

The Lloyd Fire burned 8,818 acres in Alaska, in 2011. It was discovered on May 31, 2011, and contained on September 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
8,818 acres
Discovered
May 31, 2011
Contained
September 30, 2011
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,400 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 64.728, -151.921.

The record

Reported final size
8,818 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
6,400 acres
Discovered
May 31, 2011, 12:35 p.m. local time
Contained
September 30, 2011, 11:59 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
State
Reporting unit
Alaska Fire Service
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
AKTAD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2011-AKTAD-000289
Fire occurrence record
W-625616
Perimeter map method
Image Interpretation
Note on the perimeter
Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LC08_L2SP_071014_20130531_20200913_02_T1 and LT05_L2SP_071015_20110729_20200820_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

FireAcresStartCause
East Volkmar Fire54,217May 26, 2011Natural
Dish Mountain Fire38,510May 27, 2011Natural
Fish River Fire31,600May 26, 2011Natural
Little Creek Fire26,201May 29, 2011Natural
Coal Creek Fire24,849May 21, 2011Natural
Kitalitna Fire24,525May 25, 2011Natural
Hastings Fire23,123May 30, 2011Human
Bonnifield #1 Fire8,593Jul 9, 2011Natural
McCord Creek Fire7,717May 29, 2011Natural
Hochandochtla Mountain Fire7,086May 25, 2011Natural
Tatalina River Fire3,268May 30, 2011Natural
Chitanana Fire3,051May 30, 2011Natural

Every fire of 2011 Alaska fire history

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.