Slate Fire
The Slate Fire was reported on June 24, 2024 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 26,493 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 26,493 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped October 17, 2024 at 10:27 AM AKDT, 26,492 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.224, -148.507.
The incident
- Size
- 26,493 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 37 miles northwest of Fairbanks
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Part of
- Grapefruit Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKTAD-000248
- IRWIN identifier
- D8DEAA3B-A213-4A82-9A4E-A8E90F11DA69
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 26, 2024 (2,685 acres) to August 5, 2024 (26,492 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,372 acres, mapped July 8, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2024 | 2,685 | |
| June 27, 2024 | 7,075 | +4,390 |
| June 28, 2024 | 7,000 | -75 |
| June 29, 2024 | 9,342 | +2,342 |
| June 30, 2024 | 13,383 | +4,041 |
| July 1, 2024 | 13,383 | 0 |
| July 2, 2024 | 15,830 | +2,447 |
| July 3, 2024 | 18,820 | +2,990 |
| July 8, 2024 | 26,192 | +7,372 |
| July 11, 2024 | 26,289 | +97 |
| July 13, 2024 | 27,075 | +786 |
| July 23, 2024 | 26,564 | -511 |
| August 5, 2024 | 26,492 | -72 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ester, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ester, AK30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Farmers Loop, AK32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- College, AK33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fairbanks, AK35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Badger, AK41 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- North Pole, AK47 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 10:27 AM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKTAD-000248.