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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

Sidik Lake18,406 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Derby Creek18,377 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Eagle Trail17,957 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 19, 2010
Louie Creek17,837 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 23, 2010
Applegate17,507 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Jeannes Lake17,505 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 5, 2024
Kiliovilik Creek16,782 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Cascaden Ridge16,463 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Tchulkade Lake15,560 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 30, 2010
Lost River15,331 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 23, 2010
Eli River14,394 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Willow Creek13,700 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Rok North13,350 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 28, 2018
Dempsey Creek12,200 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 22, 2010
Three Sleep10,602 ac
2010 · perimeter dated September 30, 2010
Hawk River10,067 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 19, 2010
Slokenjikh River9,965 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Makpik Creek9,909 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 14, 2010
Mclean Creek9,604 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Navashak Lake East9,125 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Yuki River9,061 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Oklahoma Range Rx8,829 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 10, 2010
No Name Creek8,128 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Mystery8,076 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Holonada7,910 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 1, 2010
Lake Tutusirok7,387 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 16, 2010
Nanielik Creek6,508 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 28, 2011
Montana Creek6,138 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Takhakhdona Hills5,903 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 23, 2010
Rabbit Creek 25,544 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 10, 2010
Klikhtentozna Creek5,307 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Evaingiknuk5,058 ac
2010 · perimeter dated July 3, 2018
Twomile Creek4,245 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 19, 2010
Indian Grave Creek4,200 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 12, 2024
Big Swede4,131 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 2, 2024
Mississippi Impact Area3,969 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 26, 2010
Granite Tors3,827 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
North Fork3,827 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 2024
Big Duck Lake3,546 ac
2010 · perimeter dated August 6, 2010
Kiliovilik Range3,251 ac
2010 · perimeter dated February 8, 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.