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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

Pilot Point3,302 ac
2005 · perimeter dated June 2, 2005
Bitzshtini Mountain3,215 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Stony3,154 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 11, 2006
Otter Creek3,099 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 9, 2006
Sethkokna River3,038 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 28, 2005
Sulukna River2,923 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Wild Lake2,920 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 9, 2005
Heart Mountain2,907 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Zane Pass2,836 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Toklat 22,808 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Old Woman River2,489 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 14, 2005
Kitalitna Creek2,005 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Little Mud #31,993 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 2, 2005
Lost Horse Creek1,867 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 1, 2005
Billy Hawk Creek #11,851 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 14, 2005
Mission Creek1,745 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 7, 2005
Toklat1,737 ac
2005 · perimeter dated November 15, 2005
Dry Creek1,639 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 4, 2005
Telsitna #21,508 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 28, 2005
Island Lake1,450 ac
2005 · perimeter dated May 21, 2005
Shiniliaok #21,409 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Akikukchiak1,369 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 11, 2006
Pah River Flats1,152 ac
2005 · perimeter dated February 9, 2006
Munson Creek1,131 ac
2005 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Aklummayuak1,124 ac
2005 · perimeter dated April 11, 2006
Page1,098 ac
2005 · perimeter dated August 13, 2005
Irish Channel1,079 ac
2005 · perimeter dated July 29, 2005
Boundary538,652 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Dall City500,352 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Billy Creek462,173 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
North Dag424,463 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Pingo356,476 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Winter Trail332,097 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 20, 2007
Chicken #1320,156 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 6, 2004
Edwards Creek278,116 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
Porcupine278,033 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Bonanza Creek268,084 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Wolf Creek237,178 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 17, 2016
Preacher Creek235,695 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 20, 2007
Bolgen Creek201,894 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 27, 2004

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.