Pontag Creek Fire
The Pontag Creek Fire was reported on June 23, 2015 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 39,043 acres. It was declared out on September 21, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 39,043 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 63.433, -153.672.
The incident
- Size
- 39,043 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2015 at 6:10 PM AKDT
- Contained
- September 21, 2015 at 11:09 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- September 21, 2015 at 11:09 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 21, 2015 at 11:09 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Area Command
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,112
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AKSWS-504597
- IRWIN identifier
- F38A0174-339F-49D9-B952-D331378771A6
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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 14, 2022 at 3:35 AM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKSWS-504597.