Bering Creek Fire
2000136,646 acresAlaska
The Bering Creek Fire burned 136,646 acres, about 214 square miles, across Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. It began on June 14, 2000.
Watch how it happenedBering Creek Fire · 2000
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 | 39% | 52,795 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 30% | 40,457 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 18% | 24,800 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.3% | 8,653 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 146 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 7.2% | 9,795 |
39% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 52,795 acres; 68% 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.
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | AK | 136,741 |
Other large fires in Alaska in 2000
- Zitziana Fire167,664 acres
- Spirit Lake Fire98,696 acres
- Grand Creek Fire98,407 acres
- Yukon Creek Fire68,778 acres
- Bearpaw Mt Fire39,522 acres
- Tango Creek Fire31,338 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.