Swan Lake Fire
The Swan Lake Fire was reported on June 5, 2019 in Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska and burned 167,183 acres. It was declared out on December 5, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 167,183 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2019
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 60.631, -150.438.
The incident
- Size
- 167,183 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2019 at 6:52 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- December 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM AKST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Approximately five miles northeast of the community of Sterling
- County
- Kenai Peninsula County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $48,101,094
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AKKKS-903181
- IRWIN identifier
- 836450FA-2D41-41A0-B38F-5A4B17766214
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sterling, AK covers the area today.
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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 December 27, 2021 at 9:15 AM AKST. Identifier 2019-AKKKS-903181.