Swift River Fire
The Swift River Fire was reported on June 7, 2022 in Bethel County, Alaska and burned 91,624 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 91,624 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped September 7, 2022 at 11:52 AM AKDT, 91,624 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 61.459, -154.965.
The incident
- Size
- 91,624 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2022 at 11:22 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 3, 2022 at 6:00 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 3, 2022 at 6:00 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 3, 2022 at 6:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 13 miles NW of Lime Village
- County
- Bethel County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Part of
- Lime Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-AKSWS-204228
- IRWIN identifier
- 143F43AC-EB48-4622-B65A-FE65F692DBDC
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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 7, 2022 at 3:13 PM AKDT. Identifier 2022-AKSWS-204228.