Fyu E 76 Fire

199430,118 acresAlaska

The Fyu E 76 Fire burned 30,118 acres, about 47 square miles, across Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. It began on July 29, 1994.

Watch how it happened

Fyu E 76 Fire · 1994

How it happened

See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.

About this replay
IgnitionJuly 29, 1994Historical replay — order not recorded
Final area30,118 ac
Revealed—
Counties1

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Fyu E 76 Fire
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered34%10,210
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive30%8,997
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive19%5,633
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change15%4,374
Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before1.6%475
Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images1.4%429

34% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 10,210 acres; 64% burned at moderate or high 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.

Acres burned by county
Yukon-Koyukuk Census AreaAK30,133

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.