Lawson Fire
The Lawson Fire was reported on June 29, 2015 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 31,090 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 31,090 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 64.438, -152.975.
The incident
- Size
- 31,090 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2015 at 3:03 PM AKDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2015 at 3:11 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2015 at 3:11 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AKTAD-000687
- IRWIN identifier
- 40C8740F-E787-4EED-968E-F15E84E594C1
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 6, 2015 at 1:39 PM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKTAD-000687.