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
'80
'90
'00
'10
Largest in Alaska
All mapped large fires
Doestock Creek29,099 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 4, 2013
Little Mud26,406 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 20, 2013
Birch Creek24,924 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 15, 2013
Moon Lake24,392 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 7, 2013
North Porcupine23,356 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 3, 2013
Siruk Creek21,053 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2024
Tetlin Jct Ridge20,931 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2024
Ray River 220,818 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 29, 2024
Kristin Creek16,747 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 28, 2013
Billy Creek15,701 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Chandalar15,528 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 16, 2013
Discovery Creek13,474 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 13, 2013
Castle Rocks12,935 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 30, 2013
Bear Creek12,849 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Shaktoolik River11,494 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Nation River11,311 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 23, 2013
Nikubuma Lake9,133 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Big Timber Creek8,367 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Ladue Fork7,201 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Can Creek6,590 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 28, 2013
South Fork6,213 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Excelsior6,137 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 20, 2013
Dead Fish Lake5,888 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Old Woman River4,950 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Gagaryah 24,849 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Whitefish Lake4,413 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Mckinley River East4,369 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Joint Lake4,335 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 12, 2013
Hammer Creek4,266 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 30, 2013
Sethkokna3,589 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Chitanana3,543 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Bear Creek3,530 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 30, 2013
Hoholitna3,099 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Titna2,988 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Timber Creek2,496 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Nuyakuk River2,412 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 27, 2013
West Fork2,298 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 23, 2024
Caribou Creek2,049 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Ft Ww Small Arms Range2,035 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 2, 2013
Currant Creek1,869 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 10, 2013
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.