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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

Zane Hills2,143 ac
2017 · perimeter dated April 25, 2017
Omikmuktusuk1,647 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 4, 2017
Chandalar1,627 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 11, 2017
Kenakuchuk Creek1,558 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 7, 2017
Paddle Creek1,117 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
East Fork1,016 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 21, 2017
Hog58,565 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 17, 2016
Dulbi Flats58,138 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 15, 2016
Hogatza River52,335 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 17, 2016
Big Mud44,540 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 17, 2016
Iniakuk Lake36,752 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 17, 2016
Mauneluk River 234,591 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 14, 2017
Kuyukutuk River21,305 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 28, 2016
Steamboat Creek18,316 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 4, 2022
High Creek14,864 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 15, 2016
Honhosa River10,913 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 15, 2016
Timber Creek9,411 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 21, 2016
Hook Creek8,606 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 25, 2016
Reindeer River8,021 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 23, 2016
Medfra7,930 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 9, 2016
Bedrock Creek6,549 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 1, 2016
Huslia River6,506 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 15, 2016
Israthorak Creek6,042 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 23, 2016
Smith Creek5,007 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 27, 2016
Mauneluk River4,424 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 13, 2017
Bogus Creek4,369 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 23, 2016
Bonanza3,966 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 1, 2016
George River3,733 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Warren Creek3,492 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 27, 2016
Yokneda Lake3,265 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
2016 Louise Creek3,132 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 16, 2016
Folger Creek3,077 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 24, 2016
Chandalar River2,848 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 27, 2016
Dulbi River2,731 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 1, 2016
South Fork2,610 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 16, 2016
Aropuk Lake2,204 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 8, 2016
Big Creek2,157 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 1, 2016
Nethkahati2,134 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 16, 2016
Siruk Creek1,832 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 30, 2016
Berry Creek1,677 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 9, 2016

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.