Ecosystem carbon emissions from 2015 forest fires in interior Alaska

Potter, Christopher

doi:10.1186/s13021-017-0090-0

Carbon Balance and Management

Table 4 List of wildfires (greater than 10,000 ha) in the Yukon–Koyukuk region of Alaska in 2015

From: Ecosystem carbon emissions from 2015 forest fires in interior Alaska

Fire name	HUC4 name	Latitude	Hectares	%MBS	%HBS
Middle Yukon Fires	Nowitna River	64.550	164,890	26	31
Tobatokh	Melozitna River	65.760	89,117	18	49
Isahultila	Koyukuk Flats	66.050	78,020	31	24
Holtnakatna	Dulbi River	65.393	72,949	34	16
Tanana Area Fires	Ramparts to Ruby	65.318	71,590	26	48
Rock	Koyukuk Flats	66.044	57,895	31	45
Big Mud River 1	Nowitna River	64.670	57,069	30	44
Munsatli 2	North Fork Kuskokwim River	63.726	50,455	27	51
Blazo	Lower Innoko River	63.479	50,175	38	9
Sushgitit Hills	Kanuti River	66.051	47,887	24	48
Torment Creek	Kanuti River	65.943	43,304	26	27
Sea	Nowitna River	64.013	40,745	27	35
3 day	Huslia River	65.741	36,420	38	31
Hay Slough	Lower Tanana River	65.034	34,887	29	20
Dulbi River	Dulbi River	65.176	34,389	24	4
Blind River	Ramparts to Ruby	65.109	34,087	32	32
Bering Creek	Ramparts to Ruby	65.014	30,874	34	34
Rungun Creek	North Fork Kuskokwim River	63.565	25,315	26	46
West Fork	Yukon Flats	66.366	24,990	37	18
Iditarod River	Lower Innoko River	62.549	24,644	21	5
Lloyd	Lower Tanana River	64.668	22,890	24	56
Hardpac Creek	Yukon Flats	66.904	20,974	21	53
Carlson Lake	Kantishna River	63.764	19,502	45	8
Lower Reindeer Peak	Lower Innoko River	62.481	19,265	24	21
Old Woman	Unalakleet	64.043	18,812	32	35
Holonada	Tozitna River	65.693	18,346	25	9
Stuyahok River	Anvik to Pilot Station	62.251	18,308	32	21
Sethkokna	Nowitna River	64.258	15,867	28	45
Yukon Creek	Galena	64.300	15,794	29	6
Glacier	Melozitna River	65.129	15,334	35	41
Harper Bend	Lower Tanana River	64.938	15,215	29	44
Nulato	Galena	64.818	14,458	33	26
Hamlin Creek	Ramparts	65.924	14,095	26	49
Hickey Creek	Upper Innoko River	62.600	13,635	23	54
Deepbank Creek	Farewell Lake	62.886	13,386	39	48
Birch Creek 2	Birch-Beaver Creeks	65.372	13,257	28	8
Our Creek	Nowitna River	63.964	12,796	29	48
Aggie Creek	Tolovana River	65.247	12,498	21	24
Lawson	Nowitna River	64.433	12,005	25	45
Soda Creek	North Fork Kuskokwim River	63.246	10,424	21	53
	Sum for all 113 fires		1,635,293
	Mean		14,472	30	27
	Standard deviation		23,101	9	18
	Maximum		164,890	57	65
	Minimum		453	10	1

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