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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

Stuyahok River49,446 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 24, 2015
Old Woman49,182 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Can Creek48,728 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 17, 2015
Holonada48,176 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 19, 2015
Glacier47,333 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 11, 2015
Carlson Lake46,545 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Eden Creek45,996 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 13, 2015
Harper Bend43,378 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 29, 2015
Chitanana River43,200 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 19, 2015
Why Lake42,767 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Nulato42,403 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 4, 2015
Kuka Creek 441,628 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Chisana River 239,640 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 29, 2015
Owhat River39,550 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 16, 2015
Pontag Creek39,043 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 13, 2015
Blair37,597 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 26, 2015
Flint Creek35,749 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 19, 2015
Fog River35,580 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 18, 2015
Hamlin Creek34,851 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Bare Mt33,363 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Hickey Creek33,131 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 20, 2015
Baathbakdizuni Creek32,328 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 29, 2015
Deepbank Creek31,917 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 12, 2015
Aggie Creek31,699 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Lawson31,090 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 15, 2015
Ophir Creek30,929 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 16, 2015
Our Creek30,737 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 2, 2015
Titna30,678 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 16, 2015
Trail Creek29,501 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 3, 2015
Lower Reindeer Peak29,048 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Long Lake27,066 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Illinois Mine25,688 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Bogus Creek25,260 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 3, 2015
Kilo25,117 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 26, 2015
Baker24,179 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 27, 2015
Koyuk23,272 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Kwethluk River # 223,242 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 18, 2015
Izavlknek River22,613 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 12, 2015
Mccormick21,867 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 26, 2015
Mingvk Lake21,698 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 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.