Alaska wildfires

Sushgitit Hills Fire

OutYukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska2015Wildfire

The Sushgitit Hills Fire was reported on June 21, 2015 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 276,038 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.

Size
276,038 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
June 21, 2015
Personnel
8

Map

Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 66.032, -153.022.

Live radar at the fire

The incident

Size
276,038 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
June 21, 2015 at 11:17 AM AKDT
Contained
September 29, 2015 at 2:15 PM AKDT
Declared out
September 29, 2015 at 2:15 PM AKDT
Cause
Natural
County
Yukon-Koyukuk County
State
Alaska
Land ownership at origin
BLM
Personnel assigned
8
Primary fuel
Closed Timber Litter
Estimated cost to date
$50,000
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2015-AKTAD-000449
IRWIN identifier
A37B8AC9-8B88-436A-8E36-939A61C7206E

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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 29, 2015 at 2:42 PM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKTAD-000449.