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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

Little Black3,622 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 9, 2007
Big Creek3,417 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 9, 2007
Sagavanirktok3,161 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 17, 2008
Big Bend2,940 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Charley River2,874 ac
2007 · perimeter dated April 6, 2009
Noyuk2,763 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 18, 2007
Big Mountain2,709 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Kuka2,399 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 18, 2007
Marten Island2,318 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Forty And 1/2 Mile Creek2,225 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
South Pish River2,219 ac
2007 · perimeter dated March 11, 2009
Hatdolitna Hills2,180 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 10, 2007
Wild2,120 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 12, 2007
Horsefly2,119 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 17, 2007
Nation River2,112 ac
2007 · perimeter dated March 11, 2009
Raven Ridge2,075 ac
2007 · perimeter dated July 7, 2007
Qual Range2,053 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 20, 2007
Swan Lake1,957 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 20, 2007
South Coleen1,737 ac
2007 · perimeter dated August 18, 2007
Kuparuk1,693 ac
2007 · perimeter dated January 7, 2010
Bolio Lake Rx1,190 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 28, 2007
Sheenjek1,029 ac
2007 · perimeter dated September 8, 2007
Parks Hwy130,186 ac
2006 · perimeter dated November 7, 2006
Negeethluk River57,314 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 25, 2006
Coleen River15,819 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 20, 2006
Grass River14,880 ac
2006 · perimeter dated September 20, 2006
Little Delta River14,095 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 18, 2006
Koness River9,725 ac
2006 · perimeter dated June 23, 2006
Three Days Of Restoration9,511 ac
2006 · perimeter dated August 11, 2006
Taksleksluk North4,017 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 22, 2006
Dennison3,132 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 21, 2006
North Horn2,732 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 19, 2006
Meshik River1,613 ac
2006 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
Fairplay1,199 ac
2006 · perimeter dated July 21, 2006
Salmon Fork251,961 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Nelson Mountain242,688 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 13, 2007
Old Dummy232,187 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 16, 2005
Rabbit Mountain228,874 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 14, 2008
Holtnakatna Creek201,065 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
North Bonanza196,757 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019

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.