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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

Camp Creek182,831 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Hodzana River163,239 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Evansville134,597 ac
2004 · perimeter dated July 28, 2020
Gardiner Creek125,797 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Clawanmenka Lake110,542 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Deer Creek103,092 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Fort Hamlin Hills100,322 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Big Yetna93,998 ac
2004 · perimeter dated February 11, 2010
Wall Street89,280 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 6, 2004
Lower Mouth87,413 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Nation River76,381 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
Kandik River67,985 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Boulder Creek63,057 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Crazy52,056 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 22, 2004
Grayling Fork51,254 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Lucky Creek50,467 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
King Creek41,092 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Alphabet Hills37,542 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Rock Creek37,443 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Mud Fork33,951 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Tors31,729 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Middle Birch Creek30,298 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Hat Lie Lakes29,116 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Indian Grave Creek26,843 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Lake Snohomish23,692 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Runt Fork23,075 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Louis Lake22,666 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Oklahoma Range Rx21,303 ac
2004 · perimeter dated January 2, 2008
Ammerman Mountain19,815 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Anomaly19,667 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 4, 2004
Tatalina16,392 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Norutak Hills #215,781 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
Champion Creek15,611 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Bullion Creek15,563 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 25, 2004
Lake Todatonten15,452 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Woodchopper Creek14,141 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Uvgoon Creek11,230 ac
2004 · perimeter dated April 25, 2008
American Summit10,589 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Minto 19,952 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 14, 2004
Hillbilly9,893 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2008

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.