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Alaska Wildfires: Live Fire Map

19 active wildfires burning 42,781 acres in Alaska right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

19
Active fires
43K
Acres
14
Under 50% contained
14
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Alaska

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
6
New fires (48h)
2
NWS alerts
0

Alaska currently has 19 active wildfires burning a combined 42,781 acres. 6 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and all of them are still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Tatlanika fire in Denali County at 31,000 acres, 15% contained. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 14).

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Bold outline: Alaska boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

This season vs the last decade

7% of an average year
Burned so far in 202672K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)975K acres

So far in 2026, 72K acres have burned in Alaska, 7% of the 975K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Alaska

Wildfire history in Alaska

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2015
Worst year · 6.3M acres
469
Fires / year · average
6,095
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
636
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$889.7M
Reported cost

From 1,241 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
3887762014: 375 fires20142015: 776 fires2016: 590 fires20162017: 360 fires2018: 366 fires20182019: 720 fires2020: 349 fires20202021: 389 fires2022: 596 fires20222023: 346 fires2024: 379 fires20242025: 467 fires2026: 382 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Alaska averaged 1.0M acres burned and 434 fires per year. That is 27% down in acreage and 12% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.

Largest fires on record in Alaska

  • Taylor Complex20049 structures destroyed1,305,592 acres
  • Railbelt Complex2009631,194 acres
  • Eagle Complex20042 structures destroyed614,974 acres
  • Boundary Fire200435 structures destroyed537,098 acres
  • Chalkyitsik Complex20192 structures destroyed505,273 acres

Emergency resources for Alaska

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Alaska DHS&EM (Ready Alaska)AlertsState emergency management and active-event information.ready.alaska.govRed Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in Alaska

AnchorageFairbanksJuneau

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)