Mauneluk River Fire
The Mauneluk River Fire was reported on July 12, 2019 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 9,822 acres. It was declared out on August 27, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,822 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 12, 2019
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 66.902, -156.356.
The incident
- Size
- 9,822 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 12, 2019 at 8:34 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2019 at 1:15 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 27, 2019 at 1:25 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 27, 2019 at 1:35 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 30 Miles SE of Ambler
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- 30 Miles SE of Ambler
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- ANC
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKGAD-000535
- IRWIN identifier
- A18CDB84-EBC1-4A41-AB9C-56B2BD351131
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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 29, 2019 at 7:58 AM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKGAD-000535.