Grizzly Fire
The Grizzly Fire was reported on June 25, 2024 in Denali County, Alaska and burned 38,790 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 38,790 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 25, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped October 18, 2024 at 3:46 PM AKDT, 38,790 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 63.030, -152.254.
The incident
- Size
- 38,790 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Denali National Park and Preserve
- County
- Denali County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKTAD-000254
- IRWIN identifier
- 2239E308-6087-4807-A128-1AD167DA9F5F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 26, 2024 (1,397 acres) to October 8, 2024 (38,790 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,239 acres, mapped July 9, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2024 | 1,397 | |
| June 27, 2024 | 1,158 | -239 |
| June 28, 2024 | 11,019 | +9,861 |
| June 30, 2024 | 19,233 | +8,214 |
| July 1, 2024 | 19,817 | +584 |
| July 9, 2024 | 32,056 | +12,239 |
| July 12, 2024 | 32,196 | +140 |
| July 23, 2024 | 34,805 | +2,609 |
| July 25, 2024 | 34,842 | +37 |
| July 26, 2024 | 35,520 | +678 |
| July 29, 2024 | 35,971 | +451 |
| August 1, 2024 | 38,265 | +2,294 |
| September 3, 2024 | 38,807 | +542 |
| October 8, 2024 | 38,790 | -17 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Talkeetna, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
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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, 2024 at 3:46 PM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKTAD-000254.