Main Fire
The Main Fire was reported on June 23, 2024 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 28,147 acres. It was declared out on September 16, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 28,147 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2024
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped October 17, 2024 at 10:26 AM AKDT, 28,147 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 64.570, -155.735.
The incident
- Size
- 28,147 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2024 at 8:19 PM AKDT
- Contained
- September 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 7 Miles SW of Ruby
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,477,200
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKGAD-000240
- IRWIN identifier
- FB73668A-A8FA-42AA-879A-A036589D4CB2
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 25, 2024 (20 acres) to September 17, 2024 (28,147 acres). The largest one-day growth was 8,755 acres, mapped July 3, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2024 | 20 | |
| June 27, 2024 | 3,640 | +3,620 |
| June 28, 2024 | 6,872 | +3,232 |
| June 30, 2024 | 9,251 | +2,379 |
| July 2, 2024 | 11,197 | +1,946 |
| July 3, 2024 | 19,952 | +8,755 |
| July 8, 2024 | 24,537 | +4,585 |
| July 15, 2024 | 26,695 | +2,158 |
| July 22, 2024 | 28,077 | +1,382 |
| September 17, 2024 | 28,147 | +70 |
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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 17, 2024 at 10:26 AM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKGAD-000240.