832043 Fire
198877,936 acresAlaska
The 832043 Fire burned 77,936 acres, about 122 square miles, across Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. It began on June 15, 1988.
Watch how it happened832043 Fire · 1988
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 47% | 36,592 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 42% | 32,546 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 8,738 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.1% | 55 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 47% burned at moderate severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | AK | 77,974 |
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- Fyu Ne 50 Fire132,474 acres
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Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.