Hurst Creek Fire
The Hurst Creek Fire was reported on June 22, 2019 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 85,261 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 85,261 acres
- Contained
- 5%
- Discovered
- June 22, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 63.017, -157.339.
The incident
- Size
- 85,261 acres
- Containment
- 5%
- Discovered
- June 22, 2019 at 8:31 PM AKDT
- Contained
- October 28, 2019 at 9:10 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- October 28, 2019 at 9:10 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 28, 2019 at 9:10 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 25 miles SE of Ohpir.
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $231,175
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKSWS-904352
- IRWIN identifier
- F3E79C8F-E1E3-4224-9131-DDC8F39A6F02
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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 3:06 AM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKSWS-904352.