Whitefish Lake 1 Fire
The Whitefish Lake 1 Fire was reported on May 31, 2015 in Bethel County, Alaska and burned 67,778 acres. It was declared out on September 21, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 67,778 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2015
- Personnel
- 31
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 61.381, -160.384.
The incident
- Size
- 67,778 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2015 at 7:02 PM AKDT
- Contained
- June 6, 2015 at 10:27 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2015 at 1:07 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 21, 2015 at 11:13 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Bethel County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Aniak
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 31
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,759,522
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AKSWS-504229
- IRWIN identifier
- 288CC4F6-A4A0-473F-ADA4-BCCCB2C9802B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Aniak, AK covers the area today.
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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 2:28 AM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKSWS-504229.