North Fork Fire
The North Fork Fire was reported on June 21, 2022 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 60,088 acres. It was declared out on October 5, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 60,088 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped October 20, 2022 at 2:41 PM AKDT, 60,088 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 67.258, -148.691.
The incident
- Size
- 60,088 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2022 at 2:20 PM AKDT
- Contained
- October 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 18 miles southwest of Chandalar, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Chandalar, AK
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-AKUYD-000340
- IRWIN identifier
- AD0990B0-9C57-4E4B-BF71-4CB89C331008
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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 14, 2022 at 2:10 PM AKDT. Identifier 2022-AKUYD-000340.