Nowitna Fire
The Nowitna Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 55,274 acres. It was declared out on September 27, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 55,274 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 64.375, -154.118.
The incident
- Size
- 55,274 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM AKDT
- Contained
- September 27, 2017 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 27, 2017 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Natural
- Location
- 46 miles northwest of Poorman, AK.
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $370,802
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-AKTAD-000336
- IRWIN identifier
- 191EA478-D10B-4C88-B015-835CC494A82E
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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, 2017 at 10:52 AM AKDT. Identifier 2017-AKTAD-000336.