Noatak River Fire
The Noatak River Fire was reported on June 18, 2021 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 19,002 acres. It was declared out on July 3, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 19,002 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped July 14, 2021 at 2:00 PM AKDT, 19,002 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 68.152, -159.024.
The incident
- Size
- 19,002 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2021 at 4:01 PM AKDT
- Contained
- July 3, 2021 at 7:40 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- July 3, 2021 at 7:50 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- July 3, 2021 at 8:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 75 miles NW Ambler, AK
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AKGAD-000232
- IRWIN identifier
- 311D181D-62AA-4296-BDA0-DBA691D0147D
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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 July 19, 2021 at 4:53 PM AKDT. Identifier 2021-AKGAD-000232.