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Alaska Large Wildfire History

Since 1980, 1,662 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Alaska, 106 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 558,929 ac; together they cover about 44,755,353 ac.

Fires by decade

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Largest in Alaska

832015 · 1988558,929 acBoundary · 2004538,652 acMinto Flats South · 2009534,912 acDall City · 2004500,352 acInowak · 1997489,738 acBilly Creek · 2004462,173 acFyu Ne 85 · 1990433,768 acNorth Dag · 2004424,463 acPingo · 2004356,476 acLittle Black One · 2009349,451 ac

All mapped large fires

Beady4,861 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
South Fork4,693 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 1, 2015
Falco4,489 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 21, 2015
Dishna River4,480 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 20, 2015
Scow Harry # 24,250 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 14, 2015
Totson4,224 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Frisky Creek4,157 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 26, 2015
Kokrine4,089 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 25, 2015
North Fork4,054 ac
2015 · perimeter dated June 26, 2015
Iron4,029 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Ketlkede 33,932 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Sethkokna3,900 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 3, 2015
Chichitnok River3,879 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 21, 2015
Banddana Creek North3,412 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 3, 2015
Tip Creek3,410 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 3, 2015
Dennis3,395 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 17, 2015
Melozitna 23,357 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Copenhagen3,342 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Beaver Creek3,142 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 14, 2015
Seventymile2,902 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 3, 2015
Honeymoon2,807 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 29, 2015
American Creek2,770 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 10, 2015
Little South Fork2,738 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 8, 2015
Golsovia River2,698 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 6, 2015
Dome Creek2,695 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 19, 2015
Pauls Creek2,519 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Stink River2,468 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Moose Creek2,425 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Cod Lake 12,416 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 10, 2015
Mission Creek2,370 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 14, 2015
Bear Island Lake2,363 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 13, 2015
King Creek2,239 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 23, 2015
King Salmon River 12,109 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 13, 2015
Little Black2,060 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 1, 2015
Oskawalik River2,049 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 4, 2015
Foraker1,949 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 8, 2015
Little Kokwok1,930 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Old Village1,928 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 3, 2015
Tetlin Hills1,879 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 9, 2015
Fwa Small Arms Complex Rx 20151,829 ac
2015 · perimeter dated May 26, 2015

Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.