Stp001 Fire
199842,763 acresAlaska
The Stp001 Fire burned 42,763 acres, about 67 square miles, across Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. It began on January 1, 1998.
Watch how it happenedStp001 Fire · 1998
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 63% | 27,135 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 12% | 5,124 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 11% | 4,854 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 4.9% | 2,077 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 8.3% | 3,557 |
63% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 27,135 acres; 75% 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.
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | AK | 42,796 |
Other large fires in Alaska in 1998
- Carla Lake Fire62,462 acres
- Gardiner Creek Fire28,795 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.