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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c Alaska Fire Season 2004 (PDF) (Report). Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ 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.
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