Dry Creek Fire
The Dry Creek Fire burned 47,154 acres in Alaska, in 2012. It was discovered on June 23, 2012, and contained on November 15, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 47,154 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2012
- Contained
- November 15, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 49,010 acres. Point of origin as reported, 64.495, -147.329.
The record
- Reported final size
- 47,154 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 49,010 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 48,154 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2012, 6:27 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 15, 2012, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKMID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AKMID-000275
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6448314731620120623
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-640830
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LE07_L2SP_069015_20130525_20200907_02_T1 and LE07_L2SP_069015_20120911_20200908_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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uvgoon Creek 1 Fire | 49,305 | Jul 3, 2012 | Natural |
| Hogatza River Fire | 24,179 | Jun 16, 2012 | Natural |
| Nowitna River Fire | 22,366 | Jun 16, 2012 | Natural |
| Kucher Creek Fire | 18,850 | Jun 18, 2012 | Natural |
| Snake River Fire | 16,566 | Nov 2, 2012 | Human |
| Little Indian River Fire | 15,278 | Jun 6, 2012 | Natural |
| Kungiakrok Creek Fire | 12,856 | ||
| Industrial Park Fire | 10,222 | Sep 25, 2012 | Human |
| Marie Creek Fire | 9,668 | Jun 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Bear Creek #4 Fire | 8,522 | Jun 23, 2012 | Natural |
| Midnight Creek Fire | 7,927 | Jun 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Nekakte Fire | 6,298 | Jun 7, 2012 | 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.