Takotna River Fire
The Takotna River Fire burned 1,777 acres in Alaska, in 2013. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,777 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,777 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Middle of the perimeter, 62.584, -156.792.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,777 acres
- State
- Alaska
- Agency
- DVF
- Unit
- AKSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AKSWS-000139
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter modified using Landsat Image Service. Image ID: LC08_L2SP_073016_20130801_20200912_02_T1.
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. 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.