Hook Creek Fire
The Hook Creek Fire was reported on July 13, 2016 in Bethel County, Alaska and burned 8,606 acres. It was declared out on August 12, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,606 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2016
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 60.950, -156.301.
The incident
- Size
- 8,606 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2016 at 6:54 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2016 at 1:23 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 12, 2016 at 1:23 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 12, 2016 at 1:23 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Natural
- County
- Bethel County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $148,905
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AKSWS-604432
- IRWIN identifier
- 838B9013-B15C-4935-B8D5-4F650546902C
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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 2:37 AM AKDT. Identifier 2016-AKSWS-604432.