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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

Takoma Bluff9,355 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Rock Creek9,149 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Oregon Creek9,144 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Rodo River8,936 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
West Fork8,880 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Dawson 317,413 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 28, 2004
Glacier Creek7,130 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2005
Wood River6,993 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 15, 2004
Mud Fork Ii6,946 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Willow Creek6,937 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Upper Healy River6,271 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Myrtle Creek6,191 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Cliff Creek6,140 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Waldron Creek5,921 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Cache4,523 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Bear Creek4,222 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Yukon4,027 ac
2004 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Tommy Lake3,927 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Chandalar Creek3,632 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Tatalina 23,520 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
East Fork Koyuk3,309 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 29, 2004
North Fork Innoko2,864 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Aggie 22,763 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
East Fork Hills1,987 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Quartz Creek #21,889 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
T-Lake1,751 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Big Bluff1,701 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Discovery Creek1,669 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Gold Creek1,577 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Big Bend1,572 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 19, 2004
Slokhenjikh Creek1,424 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Grass Lake1,420 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 25, 2004
Chitsia Creek1,368 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Small Arms 21,324 ac
2004 · perimeter dated October 23, 2004
Hurst1,129 ac
2004 · perimeter dated December 29, 2004
Dulbi Slough #21,051 ac
2004 · perimeter dated March 20, 2019
Hadweenzic189,526 ac
2003 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Erickson Creek118,941 ac
2003 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Cornucopia Creek53,796 ac
2003 · perimeter dated March 14, 2019
Sand Creek49,816 ac
2003 · perimeter dated November 26, 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.