High Creek Fire
The High Creek Fire was reported on June 26, 2016 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 14,864 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,864 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2016
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 66.136, -155.742.
The incident
- Size
- 14,864 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2016 at 11:48 AM AKDT
- Contained
- September 29, 2016 at 7:58 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- September 29, 2016 at 7:59 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Hughes
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $48,840
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AKGAD-000326
- IRWIN identifier
- C21C0A86-3587-4721-9355-D172852C5BED
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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 October 3, 2016 at 11:23 AM AKDT. Identifier 2016-AKGAD-000326.