Moore Creek Fire
The Moore Creek Fire burned 157,747 acres in Alaska, in 2013. It was discovered on May 31, 2013, and contained on August 27, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to June 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 157,747 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2013
- Contained
- August 27, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 135,698 acres. Point of origin as reported, 62.530, -156.770.
The record
- Reported final size
- 157,747 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 135,698 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 134,712 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2013, 3:34 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 12, 2013
- Contained
- August 27, 2013, 10:58 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Alaska Fire Service
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Takotna River
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AKSWS-000140
- MTBS fire identifier
- AK6245215694220130612
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-660772
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image IDs: LC08_L2SP_075016_20130916_20200912_02_T1 and LC08_L2SP_074016_20130824_20200913_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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Hills Fire | 201,808 | 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 |
| Little Mud Fire | 25,974 | Jun 24, 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. 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.