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The Swan Lake Fire was a large lightning-caused wildfire that burnt between Sterling and Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska from June 5, 2019, until the autumn of that year. [2] In total, the fire burned approximately 170,000 acres (69,000 hectares).
The 2004 Alaska fire season was the worst wildfire season on record in the U.S. state of Alaska in terms of area burned. [2] Though the 1989 fire season recorded more fires, nearly 1,000, the 2004 season burned more than 6,600,000 acres (10,300 sq mi; 27,000 km2) in just 701 fires. [1] The largest of these fires was the Taylor Complex Fire. [3]
The Miller’s Reach Fire, also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. The fire burned over 37,000 acres (15,000 ha), destroyed at least 344 structures, [3] and caused more than $10 million in ...
The Shanta Creek Wildfire was a lightning caused forest fire that started on June 29, 2009, in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. More than 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ; 20 sq mi) were burned and over 400 personnel were involved in the firefighting effort.
Deshka Landing Fire was a wildfire that burned five miles southwest of Willow in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska in the United States. The fire started on August 17, 2019 and burned 1,318 acres (533 ha).
The Taylor Complex Fire was a 2004 complex of 7 wildfire incidents in Alaska that consumed approximately 1,303,358 acres (5,275 km 2) of land, the largest of which was the Billy Creek Fire. [1] By acreage, the complex was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2007. [ 2 ]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve forced the temporary closure Monday of one of Alaska’s most popular tourist destinations.
The Sockeye Fire was a 2015 wildfire that occurred near Willow, in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Alaska. By the time the fire was contained, 7,220 acres (29 km 2 ) of land had burned. The fire received its name because its origin was traced to Sockeye Avenue, in Willow.