Koness River Fire
The Koness River Fire burned 1,679 acres in Alaska, in 2012. It was discovered on June 26, 2012, and contained on July 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,679 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2012
- Contained
- July 23, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,273 acres. Point of origin as reported, 67.921, -144.310.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,679 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,273 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,679 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2012
- Contained
- July 23, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AKUYD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AKUYD-000300
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6790314431020120626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2012AKARRGZE8
- Perimeter map method
- Not Recorded
- Note on the perimeter
- None Recorded
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.