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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

Winter Trail2,181 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Tagagawik River #31,721 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 31, 2009
Live Trap Lake1,665 ac
2009 · perimeter dated May 29, 2009
Cobalt Creek1,603 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Puzzle Gulch1,558 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Chitanana River1,316 ac
2009 · perimeter dated February 26, 2024
Ft. Wainwright Small Arms Range1,289 ac
2009 · perimeter dated May 26, 2009
Continental1,139 ac
2009 · perimeter dated August 31, 2009
Three Lakes35,281 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 14, 2008
Little Creek15,804 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 15, 2008
Blind Luck14,289 ac
2008 · perimeter dated August 29, 2008
Sheenjek River8,766 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 15, 2008
Discovery South3,496 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 13, 2008
Goose Slough2,564 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 3, 2008
Prospect Creek1,685 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 3, 2008
John River1,661 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 3, 2008
Sullivan1,281 ac
2008 · perimeter dated February 27, 2024
Reed River1,048 ac
2008 · perimeter dated July 28, 2020
Anaktuvuk River256,734 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 1, 2007
Caribou Hills55,438 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 2, 2007
Coffee Can Lake39,796 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 25, 2007
Little Delta31,563 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 17, 2007
Mooseheart21,508 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 12, 2007
Coleen20,937 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 18, 2007
Oklahoma Range Rx20,199 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 2, 2008
Woodchopper 220,060 ac
2007 · perimeter dated March 11, 2009
Ladue19,246 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 29, 2007
Hodzana River18,049 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 9, 2007
Little Big Creek17,717 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 8, 2007
Runt Creek9,807 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Su River8,490 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 28, 2007
Jordan Creek8,405 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 11, 2007
Sulukna River7,919 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 9, 2007
Koness River6,860 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 18, 2007
West Crazy6,058 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 7, 2007
Grayling Creek5,419 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Hammer Creek5,073 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 11, 2007
Hot Springs Creek 24,848 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 6, 2007
Hot Springs Creek 14,706 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 10, 2007
Paldo4,605 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 20, 2007

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.