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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

Swift20,708 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Stone Creek20,569 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Black Water20,432 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Babantaltlin Hills19,485 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Squirrel Creek19,345 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 3, 2005
Chekhechunnjik Creek18,593 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Jim River #318,454 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Big Waldren Fork18,059 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
John Herberts Village17,093 ac
2005 · perimeter dated September 3, 2005
Menotl East15,814 ac
2005 · perimeter dated December 14, 2005
Wolf15,401 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Caribou14,756 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Dulbi South14,606 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Nulato #314,405 ac
2005 · perimeter dated October 20, 2005
Smith Creek14,013 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Change13,867 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Big Sitdown Creek 212,001 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Bakatigikh Mountain11,737 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 14, 2005
Big Sitdown Creek10,185 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Holly Lakes10,160 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
King County Creek10,135 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 5, 2005
Goiter Fire9,801 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 11, 2006
Kalyuh Hill8,959 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 14, 2005
Wasky8,733 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Imelyak7,313 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 11, 2006
Beaver Creek #17,100 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 9, 2006
Bear Paw Mountain6,928 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Alatna Hills6,846 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Tlatl Hills6,835 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Titna River6,579 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 25, 2005
Trout Creek6,268 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
Fossil Creek6,076 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Box River5,810 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Tracy Ave.5,403 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2005
Bear Creek5,207 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 19, 2007
Stuyahok5,168 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 23, 2005
Grant Dome4,669 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 24, 2005
Hammer Creek #23,962 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Herron River3,653 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 14, 2005
West Buttons3,586 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.