Bear Creek Fire
The Bear Creek Fire was reported on July 17, 2019 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 2,827 acres. It was declared out on August 26, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,827 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 64.817, -155.883.
The incident
- Size
- 2,827 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2019 at 4:55 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2019 at 2:15 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2019 at 2:30 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 26, 2019 at 2:45 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Interior Alaska, 23 miles NE of the village of Galena
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKGAD-000604
- IRWIN identifier
- EBEDB304-5795-4B48-B83A-FF84F5B0B443
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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 August 26, 2019 at 5:24 PM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKGAD-000604.