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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

Yukon Creek21,493 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 6, 2015
Munsatli20,943 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 13, 2015
Browns20,730 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Sisters20,049 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 6, 2015
Gentian19,921 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 24, 2015
Gechiak Lake18,795 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Soda Creek16,944 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Poorman Creek16,869 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 24, 2015
Sulukna16,704 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 5, 2015
Birch Creek 216,107 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 1, 2015
Hawk River15,814 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 24, 2015
Christian River #215,716 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 6, 2015
North Fork Flats15,403 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 25, 2015
Salmon River15,184 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2020
Bruno Creek15,132 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 16, 2015
Apoon15,032 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 5, 2015
Anakshek Pass15,002 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 12, 2015
Village Creek14,999 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 8, 2015
Rainbow14,881 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 18, 2015
Puk Palik Lake14,413 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 11, 2015
Kuka Creek 313,932 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 22, 2015
Grouch13,790 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 19, 2015
Moose Point13,776 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 15, 2015
Reindeer River13,766 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 27, 2015
Camp Creek13,556 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 21, 2015
Hard Luck12,924 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 10, 2015
Black Sand12,881 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 26, 2015
Chitanatala12,461 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 15, 2015
Banddana Creek12,410 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 8, 2015
Kutokbuna Lake11,631 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 15, 2015
Deep Creek11,590 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 4, 2015
Mt Schwatka11,543 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 31, 2015
Healy Lake11,474 ac
2015 · perimeter dated October 17, 2016
Sethkokna 211,357 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 16, 2015
Egavik10,907 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 29, 2015
Dennison Fork10,708 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 5, 2015
Cod Lake 310,661 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 12, 2015
Derby Creek10,481 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 28, 2015
Wapoo10,109 ac
2015 · perimeter dated July 31, 2015
Michigan Creek9,826 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 6, 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.