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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

East Stony River2,305 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 14, 2019
Taylor Mountains2,288 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 31, 2019
Dry Creek 22,255 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 5, 2019
Little Mud River2,182 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 8, 2019
Chetaslina2,130 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 21, 2019
Aghaluk Creek1,885 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 14, 2019
Pitka River1,872 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 7, 2019
Titnuk Creek1,775 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 31, 2019
Melozitna1,661 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 25, 2019
Strangle Creek1,656 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 27, 2019
Pitka1,552 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 20, 2019
Buckland 11,541 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 26, 2019
Southern Salmon Trout River1,505 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 26, 2019
Timber Creek1,486 ac
2019 · perimeter dated November 26, 2019
Kanuti Flats1,366 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 2, 2019
Deshka Landing1,314 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 29, 2019
Hoholitna1,242 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 31, 2019
Kuzitrin River 91,233 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 14, 2019
Batchelor Creek1,130 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 2, 2019
Hidden Creek1,017 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 29, 2019
Zitziana River71,942 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 2, 2018
Mooseheart54,931 ac
2018 · perimeter dated October 2, 2018
Dulby Hot Springs44,364 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 4, 2018
White Mountain Creek29,714 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 14, 2018
Kevinjik28,653 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 14, 2018
Little Melozitna River28,018 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 7, 2018
Taixtsalda Hill27,194 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 3, 2018
Dtaw Oklahoma Impact Area Rx 201825,852 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 26, 2018
Deniktaw Ridge21,418 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 24, 2018
Swift Fork17,799 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 14, 2018
Tusikpak Lake14,547 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 13, 2018
Kilolitna River11,306 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 11, 2018
Door Mountains10,454 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 20, 2018
Andrew Creek7,869 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 28, 2018
Webber Creek6,853 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 28, 2018
Unalakleet River3,410 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 4, 2018
Radio Creek3,045 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 7, 2018
Purcell2,676 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 26, 2018
Bella Creek2,631 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 16, 2018
Yta Grass Rx 20182,572 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 26, 2018

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.