Midnight Fire
The Midnight Fire was reported on June 19, 2024 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 50,550 acres. It was declared out on September 26, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 50,550 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2024
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped October 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM AKDT, 50,550 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 66.129, -141.079.
The incident
- Size
- 50,550 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2024 at 8:07 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 82 miles southeast of Chalkyitsik
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- ANC
- Land ownership at origin
- ANCSA
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKUYD-000187
- IRWIN identifier
- 61097D53-A45F-438E-8137-32AFE131704C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 20, 2024 (57 acres) to October 1, 2024 (50,550 acres). The largest one-day growth was 23,303 acres, mapped June 30, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 20, 2024 | 57 | |
| June 22, 2024 | 950 | +893 |
| June 23, 2024 | 1,089 | +139 |
| June 25, 2024 | 4,366 | +3,277 |
| June 26, 2024 | 8,576 | +4,210 |
| June 27, 2024 | 9,006 | +430 |
| June 28, 2024 | 20,294 | +11,288 |
| June 30, 2024 | 43,596 | +23,302 |
| July 2, 2024 | 50,464 | +6,868 |
| July 3, 2024 | 51,989 | +1,525 |
| July 8, 2024 | 51,989 | 0 |
| July 12, 2024 | 52,550 | +561 |
| July 14, 2024 | 53,047 | +497 |
| July 23, 2024 | 50,802 | -2,245 |
| July 31, 2024 | 50,601 | -201 |
| August 6, 2024 | 50,543 | -58 |
| October 1, 2024 | 50,550 | +7 |
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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 4, 2024 at 1:37 PM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKUYD-000187.