Kogoluktuk River Fire
The Kogoluktuk River Fire burned 1,689 acres in Alaska, in 2012. It was discovered on June 6, 2012, and contained on June 12, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,689 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2012
- Contained
- June 12, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,815 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.091, -156.374.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,689 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,815 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,689 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2012, 7:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 12, 2012, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKGAD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AKGAD-000182
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6706715638320120606
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-639550
- Perimeter map method
- GPS
- Note on the perimeter
- Walked by Matt Kilgriff. Latest perimeter smaller, more accurate than previous data from fixed-wing aircraft.
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 |
| Dry Creek Fire | 47,154 | Jun 23, 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 |
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.