Cultas Creek Fire
The Cultas Creek Fire was reported on June 17, 2021 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 40,450 acres. It was declared out on October 7, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 40,450 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2021
- Personnel
- 14
Map
Perimeter mapped September 1, 2021 at 1:27 PM AKDT, 40,450 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.222, -142.906.
The incident
- Size
- 40,450 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2021 at 1:47 PM AKDT
- Contained
- October 7, 2021 at 3:00 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 7, 2021 at 3:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 55 miles northwest of Eagle, AK.
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Eagle, AK
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 14
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $822,470
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AKUYD-000223
- IRWIN identifier
- 9FABE71D-843F-4624-859C-A7EC4A72AB89
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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 October 18, 2021 at 3:46 PM AKDT. Identifier 2021-AKUYD-000223.