Killak Fire
The Killak Fire was reported on July 15, 2019 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 2,843 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,843 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 66.857, -155.894.
The incident
- Size
- 2,843 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 15, 2019 at 6:10 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2019 at 1:10 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2019 at 2:10 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 10, 2019 at 3:10 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 48 Miles East of Ambler
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKGAD-000578
- IRWIN identifier
- 572B4185-251D-4AF3-BFC2-F40CD376FA14
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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 12, 2019 at 12:13 PM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKGAD-000578.