Why Lake Fire
The Why Lake Fire was reported on June 19, 2015 in Bethel County, Alaska and burned 42,767 acres. It was declared out on August 12, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 42,767 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2015
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 61.498, -155.781.
The incident
- Size
- 42,767 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2015 at 5:17 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2015 at 5:43 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 12, 2015 at 5:43 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 12, 2015 at 5:43 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Bethel County
- State
- Alaska
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $13,348
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AKSWS-504348
- IRWIN identifier
- CEE1E9AA-5ACC-4A17-8D6A-2A0D1F9608A2
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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 3:32 AM AKDT. Identifier 2015-AKSWS-504348.