Can Creek Fire
The Can Creek Fire burned 6,590 acres in Alaska, in 2013. It was discovered on July 28, 2013, and contained on August 27, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,590 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2013
- Contained
- August 27, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,590 acres, mapped by image analysis. Point of origin as reported, 61.281, -155.234.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,590 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,590 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2013
- Contained
- August 27, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southwest Area
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKAND
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AKSWS-000591
- Fire occurrence record
- AK-SWS-2013-304591
- Perimeter map method
- Image Analysis
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized in Google Earth using imagery
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Hills Fire | 201,808 | May 31, 2013 | Natural |
| Moore Creek Fire | 157,747 | May 31, 2013 | Natural |
| Stuart Creek #2 Fire | 87,154 | Jun 19, 2013 | Human |
| Mississippi Fire | 67,338 | May 30, 2013 | Human |
| Beaver Log Lakes Fire | 64,416 | Jun 22, 2013 | Natural |
| Prospect Creek Fire | 64,078 | Jun 20, 2013 | Natural |
| Sandless Lake Fire | 62,318 | Jun 25, 2013 | Natural |
| Sulatna River Fire | 48,188 | Jun 21, 2013 | Natural |
| Chisana River Fire | 46,638 | May 31, 2013 | Natural |
| Moving River Fire | 34,176 | Jun 22, 2013 | Natural |
| Toklat River East Fire | 33,279 | Jun 26, 2013 | Natural |
| Doestock Creek Fire | 29,099 | May 30, 2013 | 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.