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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

Kanuti River 11,864 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Ridge Top1,806 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 30, 2024
Skinny'S Road1,795 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 5, 2013
Takotna River1,777 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Bitter Creek1,713 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Innoko 11,542 ac
2013 · perimeter dated June 30, 2013
Koness1,533 ac
2013 · perimeter dated September 5, 2013
Tabert Lake1,490 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 21, 2013
Selatna River1,230 ac
2013 · perimeter dated January 31, 2024
Awuna River 11,065 ac
2013 · perimeter dated November 1, 2019
Big Fish Lake1,065 ac
2013 · perimeter dated July 17, 2013
Dry Creek48,154 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Uvgoon Creek #140,347 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 28, 2018
Hogatza River23,857 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Nowitna River22,366 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 3, 2012
Snake River16,566 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 9, 2012
Kucher Creek15,977 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Little Indian River15,278 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 3, 2012
Kungiakrok Creek12,856 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 8, 2012
Industrial Park10,223 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 30, 2012
Marie Creek9,044 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Bear Creek #49,001 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Dta-Oklahoma Range Rx8,113 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 11, 2012
Uyon Lakes6,405 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 28, 2018
Nekakte6,298 ac
2012 · perimeter dated September 28, 2012
Noatak Grand Canyon4,577 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Knifeblade Ridge4,119 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Otter Creek3,736 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Kigalik River 23,217 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Delta Creek # 23,185 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 16, 2012
Pahl River2,799 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Midnight Creek2,754 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Allakaket2,710 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 23, 2012
Kokrines Hills2,457 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Itkillik River2,173 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Kogoluktuk River1,689 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 21, 2012
Koness River1,679 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 9, 2012
Kigalik River1,593 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024
Feniak1,570 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Melozi1,544 ac
2012 · perimeter dated February 1, 2024

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.