Timber Creek Fire
The Timber Creek Fire was reported on July 14, 2016 in Bethel County, Alaska and burned 9,411 acres. It was declared out on August 12, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,411 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2016
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 61.167, -159.224.
The incident
- Size
- 9,411 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2016 at 10:19 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2016 at 1:47 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 12, 2016 at 1:47 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 12, 2016 at 1:47 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Natural
- County
- Bethel County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $19,953
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AKSWS-604492
- IRWIN identifier
- 64F92CA6-0D53-491D-8DB3-6527D0398B36
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 3:36 AM AKDT. Identifier 2016-AKSWS-604492.