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GET Wildfire Perimeters

Returns all wild fire incidents.

Request Information

https://511.alaska.gov/api/v2/get/fireperimeter

URI Parameters

URI Parameters
Name	Description	Type	Additional information
key	Developer Key	string	Required
format	Valid values are 'xml' or 'json', default 'json'.	string	Optional

Response Information

Resource Description

Resource Description
Name	Description	Type
Id	A unique identifier.	integer
Latitude	The latitude describing the location. Format: double between -90 and 90.	double
Longitude	The longitude describing the location. Format: double between -180 and 180.	double
Name	The name assigned to an incident.	string
Description	General descriptive location of the incident such as the number of miles from an identifiable town.	string
Category	The description of event category.	string
State	The description of the types of incidents.	string
Area	The area reported for a fire. The minimum size is 0.1 acre.	string
Behavior	The fire behavior.	string
DiscoveryDateTime	The date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist.	integer
LastUpdated	The date the item's details were last updated in Unix time. More information	integer
Shape	A polygon or multipolygon in well known text format	string

Response Formats

JSON

Sample:

[
 {
  "Id": 5,
  "Latitude": 48.774151,
  "Longitude": -116.016998,
  "Name": "South Meadow",
  "Description": "14 Miles SW from Yaak, MT",
  "Category": "Wild Fire",
  "State": "FI",
  "Area": "140",
  "Behavior": "Minimal Smoldering",
  "DiscoveryDateTime": 1755011580,
  "LastUpdated": 1761243651,
  "Shape": "POLYGON ((0 0, 1 0))"
 },
 {
  "Id": 6,
  "Latitude": 46.719,
  "Longitude": -112.8462,
  "Name": "Windy Rock",
  "Description": "15 Miles NE from Drummond, MT",
  "Category": "Wild Fire",
  "State": "FI",
  "Area": "6175",
  "Behavior": "Minimal Smoldering",
  "DiscoveryDateTime": 1755216540,
  "LastUpdated": 1761922768,
  "Shape": "POLYGON ((0 0, 1 0))"
 }
]

XML

Sample:

<FirePerimeterList>
 <FirePerimeter>
  <Id>5</Id>
  <Latitude>48.774151</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-116.016998</Longitude>
  <Name>South Meadow</Name>
  <Description>14 Miles SW from Yaak, MT</Description>
  <Category>Wild Fire</Category>
  <State>FI</State>
  <Area>140</Area>
  <Behavior>Minimal Smoldering</Behavior>
  <DiscoveryDateTime>1755011580</DiscoveryDateTime>
  <LastUpdated>1761243651</LastUpdated>
  <Shape>POLYGON ((0 0, 1 0))</Shape>
 </FirePerimeter>
 <FirePerimeter>
  <Id>6</Id>
  <Latitude>46.719</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-112.8462</Longitude>
  <Name>Windy Rock</Name>
  <Description>15 Miles NE from Drummond, MT</Description>
  <Category>Wild Fire</Category>
  <State>FI</State>
  <Area>6175</Area>
  <Behavior>Minimal Smoldering</Behavior>
  <DiscoveryDateTime>1755216540</DiscoveryDateTime>
  <LastUpdated>1761922768</LastUpdated>
  <Shape>POLYGON ((0 0, 1 0))</Shape>
 </FirePerimeter>
</FirePerimeterList>