North River Fire
The North River Fire was reported on June 10, 2019 in Nome County, Alaska and burned 111,898 acres. It was declared out on August 20, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 111,898 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 10, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 65.244, -160.102.
The incident
- Size
- 111,898 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 10, 2019 at 9:11 AM AKDT
- Contained
- August 20, 2019 at 9:35 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2019 at 10:35 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 20, 2019 at 11:35 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 32 miles east northeast of Koyuk AK
- County
- Nome County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKGAD-000218
- IRWIN identifier
- DE7F7137-3514-4B13-8665-405EE4E748CC
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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 20, 2019 at 2:18 PM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKGAD-000218.