Engineer Lake Fire
The Engineer Lake Fire was reported on June 1, 2020 in Kusilvak County, Alaska and burned 1,010 acres. It was declared out on June 3, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,010 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 1, 2020
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped June 18, 2020 at 6:00 AM AKDT, 1,010 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 61.701, -161.670.
The incident
- Size
- 1,010 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 1, 2020 at 11:32 AM AKDT
- Contained
- June 2, 2020 at 1:00 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- June 3, 2020 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- June 3, 2020 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 12 miles SW of Russian Mission, AK
- County
- Kusilvak County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $75,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AKGAD-000141
- IRWIN identifier
- 82538A94-A86F-4B84-A036-16C5A0EA210F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pilot Station, 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 August 17, 2020 at 7:14 AM AKDT. Identifier 2020-AKGAD-000141.