Strangle Creek Fire
The Strangle Creek Fire was reported on July 22, 2019 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 1,656 acres. It was declared out on September 20, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,656 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 67.900, -142.245.
The incident
- Size
- 1,656 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019 at 8:13 AM AKDT
- Contained
- September 20, 2019 at 8:30 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- September 20, 2019 at 8:40 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 20, 2019 at 8:54 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 95 miles north east of Chalkyitsik
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKUYD-000643
- IRWIN identifier
- 38261B1C-E82B-4DE7-91CE-000EE5736442
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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 20, 2019 at 2:30 PM AKDT. Identifier 2019-AKUYD-000643.