Deniktaw Ridge Fire
The Deniktaw Ridge Fire was reported on June 4, 2018 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 21,418 acres. It was declared out on August 31, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,418 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 65.947, -155.175.
The incident
- Size
- 21,418 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2018 at 10:15 AM AKDT
- Contained
- August 31, 2018 at 2:45 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 31, 2018 at 2:50 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 20 miles SW Hughes, Alaska
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- 20 miles SW Hughes, Alaska
- Jurisdiction
- ANC
- Land ownership at origin
- ANCSA
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $579,478
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-AKGAD-000117
- IRWIN identifier
- CD30C853-9CD4-426C-8C3B-29D3A0448248
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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 24, 2018 at 10:00 AM AKDT. Identifier 2018-AKGAD-000117.