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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

Paddle42,018 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Bluff Creek40,216 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Oklahoma 236,377 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 27, 2024
Cheeneetnuk33,301 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Big River32,224 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Crash Creek29,438 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Kantishna River28,023 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Dillinger25,586 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Broken Snowshoe25,140 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Ladue River23,428 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Gagaryah #220,317 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Foraker Pond20,277 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 12, 2009
Allman Lake17,904 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 17, 2016
Franklin Creek17,416 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Bull Creek17,225 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 6, 2009
Bearpaw16,586 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Shanta Creek13,212 ac
2009 · perimeter dated July 19, 2009
Susulatna13,116 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 23, 2024
Hardluck Creek12,850 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 11, 2009
Eagle Creek 210,945 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 23, 2024
Tagagawik9,081 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 17, 2016
Hoholitna8,398 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Mardow Creek8,283 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 24, 2024
Lunch Lake8,035 ac
2009 · perimeter dated July 19, 2009
South Boney7,373 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Gagaryah6,973 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Katlitna6,890 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Swamp Creek6,591 ac
2009 · perimeter dated June 13, 2009
Nageethluk River5,702 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 17, 2016
Tozitna River4,397 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Ft. Hamlin Hills4,021 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Muddy Lake3,994 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 6, 2009
Oskawalik3,549 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 14, 2024
Bear Lake3,345 ac
2009 · perimeter dated June 25, 2009
Torment Creek3,251 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Kanuti River3,225 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 5, 2009
Dagitli River3,178 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 31, 2009
Senatis Mountain2,834 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Big Lake2,320 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
East Fork Dennison2,246 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 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.