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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

Chilikadrotna River1,494 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 25, 2016
Reed River1,444 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 15, 2016
Gweek River1,320 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Doestock Creek1,261 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 18, 2016
Camp Creek1,257 ac
2016 · perimeter dated September 23, 2016
Paradise Fork1,147 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 16, 2016
16244 Deer Creek1,141 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 30, 2016
16247 Grass Lake1,141 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 30, 2016
16276 Blazo Holdover 11,141 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 26, 2016
South Fork George River1,110 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Pitmik River1,092 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Owhat River 21,088 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Melozitna1,067 ac
2016 · perimeter dated June 30, 2016
Mid Salcha1,049 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 22, 2016
Bear Creek1,033 ac
2016 · perimeter dated July 24, 2016
Big Creek Two312,918 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 16, 2015
Sushgitit Hills276,038 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 8, 2015
Holtnakatna223,155 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 9, 2015
Isahultila149,359 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 9, 2015
Rock142,650 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 8, 2015
Blazo121,339 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 1, 2015
Bering Creek112,807 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 10, 2015
Sea111,194 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 4, 2015
Big Mud River 1103,968 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Munsatli 2100,524 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Spicer Creek98,247 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 19, 2015
Three Day97,303 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 9, 2015
Hay Slough91,444 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 19, 2015
Torment Creek82,433 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Tozitna78,213 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 31, 2015
Iditarod River75,136 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Whitefish Lake 167,777 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 16, 2015
Lloyd66,268 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 15, 2015
Blind River60,807 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 20, 2015
West Fork59,533 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
North Aniak55,704 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 12, 2015
Dulbi River54,503 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Tobatokh54,036 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 25, 2015
Lost River52,108 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 19, 2015
Hardpac Creek50,774 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 31, 2015

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.