Sockeye Fire
The Sockeye Fire was reported on June 14, 2015 in Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska and burned 7,265 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,265 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2015
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 61.845, -150.085.
The incident
- Size
- 7,265 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2015 at 1:13 PM AKDT
- Contained
- July 10, 2015 at 9:15 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- July 22, 2015 at 10:38 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2015 at 1:45 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Matanuska-Susitna County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Willow
- Jurisdiction
- PRI
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,243,785
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AKMSS-501282
- IRWIN identifier
- DC792783-D4A7-40C1-A230-4689DAD60CB2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Willow, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 3:31 AM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKMSS-501282.