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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

Lynx Creek2,552 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 11, 2018
Tiechovun Lake2,370 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 17, 2018
Fairhaven Creek1,908 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 8, 2018
North Innoko1,718 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 12, 2018
Trimokish Hills1,427 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 10, 2018
Dtae Jarvis Creek Rx 20181,319 ac
2018 · perimeter dated July 26, 2018
Campbell River93,520 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 5, 2017
White Mountain Creek78,858 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
Nowitna55,274 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
Dtaw Oklahoma Impact Area Rx48,549 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 22, 2017
Bear Mountain46,715 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
Boulder Creek40,906 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
Helmet40,202 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 28, 2017
Lois Creek32,715 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 2, 2017
Ammerman Creek23,964 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 12, 2017
Forty And One Half23,820 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 11, 2017
Lockwood22,234 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 22, 2017
Khotol20,132 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 21, 2017
Yta Stuart Creek Ia Grass Rx18,095 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 8, 2021
Pitka Fork16,824 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 13, 2017
Little Yetna River16,514 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 10, 2017
Toik Hill16,003 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 8, 2017
Ball Creek13,924 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 10, 2017
American Creek12,945 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 13, 2017
Rat Creek12,510 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 10, 2017
Nonvalnuk12,156 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 8, 2017
South Fork Salcha8,344 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 14, 2017
Kogok 36,088 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 7, 2017
Chleca Lakes3,760 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 6, 2017
Kihovilik Creek3,130 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 12, 2017
Romanoff3,115 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 7, 2017
River North3,079 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 8, 2017
Trout Creek2,932 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
Dorothy Creek2,877 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 6, 2017
Ketik River2,870 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 3, 2017
Kogok River2,691 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 18, 2017
Bell Creek2,653 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 14, 2017
Allen2,584 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 7, 2017
Loper Creek2,549 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 5, 2017
Lake Creek2,419 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 16, 2017

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.