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Taylor Complex Fire

Coordinates: 63°22′45″N 142°50′13″W / 63.3792°N 142.837°W / 63.3792; -142.837
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Taylor Complex Fire

The Taylor Complex Fire was a 2004 complex of 7 wildfire incidents in Alaska that consumed approximately 1,303,358 acres (5,275 km2) of land, the largest of which was the Billy Creek Fire.[1] By acreage, the complex was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2007.[2] The fire complex also was part of the record-breaking 2004 Alaska fire season that burned more than 6,600,000 acres (27,000 km2), the most in recorded history. The complex was not declared out until November of that year.[1]

Fires

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All of the fires below were a part of the Taylor Complex:[1]

  • Chicken #1
  • Gardiner Creek
  • Billy Creek
  • Porcupine
  • Mosquito Fork
  • Wall Street
  • Anomaly



References

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  1. ^ a b c Alaska Fire Season 2004 (PDF) (Report). Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ National Interagency Fire Center, "Fire Information - Wildland Fire Statistics: 1997-2007 Large Fires (100,000+ fires)", at "National Interagency Fire Center". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-14.. Accessed on 1/20/2009.

63°22′45″N 142°50′13″W / 63.3792°N 142.837°W / 63.3792; -142.837