Sunshine Mountains Fire
The Sunshine Mountains Fire was reported on June 14, 2019 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 21,850 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,850 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 63.400, -155.036.
The incident
- Size
- 21,850 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2019 at 7:23 PM AKDT
- Contained
- October 28, 2019 at 8:42 AM AKDT
- Controlled
- October 28, 2019 at 8:42 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 28, 2019 at 8:42 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 26 miles northeast of McGrath
- 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
- $8,145
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKSWS-904250
- IRWIN identifier
- 8E990B6E-315E-4BF9-A864-4D128F55F128
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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-904250.