The Central Yukon Planning Area (Fig. 1) is located in central Alaska. Wildfires have been a very common occurrence in this part of the state. An analysis of fire occurrence has been made for all BLM lands within this planning unit. Blocks of land are found in the eastern Nulato Hills; along the Dulbi River and in the Kaiyuh Mountains; along the central part of the Koyukuk River; in the Tozitna River drainage and Ray Mountains; and near the Chitanana and Nowitna Rivers and North Kuskokwim Mountains. Lands in the eastern portion of the Buckland Habitat Management Plan have been omitted from the East Nulato Hills subunit. Information for the Buckland HMP area has been analyzed and is included in a report on fire occurrence in the Northwest Planning Area (Miller, 1985).
The analysis is based upon two sources: computerized BLM fire records for 1956-1982 and all fire reports which were available for that period. Basic information from all fire reports is stored on the Honeywell 6600 computer at the USDI-Denver Service Center.