Big Creek Fire
The Big Creek Fire was reported on July 15, 2016 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 2,157 acres. It was declared out on September 4, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,157 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 15, 2016
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 65.311, -154.667.
The incident
- Size
- 2,157 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 15, 2016 at 11:12 AM AKDT
- Contained
- September 4, 2016 at 12:25 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 4, 2016 at 12:25 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AKTAD-000499
- IRWIN identifier
- 0FA959EB-E55F-40C3-9959-4570D48C2E3C
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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 9, 2016 at 10:21 AM AKDT. Identifier 2016-AKTAD-000499.