Wildfire in Alaska, June 7 to 12, 1996

Name: Wildfire in Alaska, June 7 to 12, 1996
Start: 1996-06-07T00:00
End: 1996-06-12T00:00
Location: Alaska

June 7 to 12, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Another fire of unknown origins, developed near Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula on June 7. and, as of June 12, had burned around 23,000 acres.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.

Another fire of unknown origins, developed near Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula on June 7. It became known as the "Crooked Creek" fire...and, as of June 12, had burned around 23,000 acres.

Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Ck Inlt Susitna(C) / Homer(C)

When: June 7, 12:00 AM AST to June 12, 12:00 AM AST
Where: Ck Inlt Susitna(C) / Homer(C) County, Tustumena Lk

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, June 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5544034.