Alaska
Alaska Wildfire Map — Live Fires & Containment
The federal wildfire feed currently lists 6 wildfires in Alaska, covering about 46,820 acres. The largest is the Tatlanika Fire at 38,421 acres, 15% contained, in Denali Borough.
Active wildfires in Alaska right now, the share of Alaska homes in the wildland-urban interface, and where to find official information. In a typical year, Alaska’s fire season runs from May into August and peaks in June and July, when lightning ignites the boreal forest of the Interior. Under the state’s interagency fire plan, fires in remote “limited” protection areas are monitored rather than fully suppressed, so listed acreage can be very large while few homes are threatened — the official sources below say what a given fire means on the ground. The list and counts come from the federal wildfire feed; the WUI figure comes from the SILVIS Lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The active-fire data refreshes every 15 minutes.
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Live Alaska wildfire map
Fire markers show active wildfires reported across Alaska, refreshed every 15 minutes.
Every Alaska wildfire right now
| Fire | Acres | Contained | Borough / area | Status | Discovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatlanika | 38,421 acres | 15% | Denali | Active | Jun 21, 2026 |
| Mukluk | 7,335 acres | 29% | Southeast Fairbanks | Active | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Canyon | 1,064 acres | 0% | Yukon-Koyukuk | Active | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Koliganek | 0.1 acres | — | Dillingham | Active | Sep 2, 2026 |
| White Stone | 0.1 acres | — | Hoonah-Angoon | Active | Sep 5, 2026 |
| Sandy Beach | 0.1 acres | — | Wrangell | Active | Sep 5, 2026 |
2026 wildfires in Alaska
17 Alaska wildfires reached 1,000 acres in 2026, by our 15-minute archive of the federal feed, which begins May 24, 2026. The 10 largest, with the dates each was listed in the feed:
| Fire | Acres | First listed | Last listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatlanika Fire still listed | 38,421 acres | Jun 21, 2026 | Sep 6, 2026 |
| Mukluk Fire still listed | 7,335 acres | Aug 17, 2026 | Sep 6, 2026 |
| Kilolitna Fire | 4,526 acres | Jun 12, 2026 | Jul 4, 2026 |
| Hogatza Fire | 3,616 acres | Jul 9, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Shaw Fire | 3,459 acres | Jun 21, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 |
| Bear Fire | 3,409 acres | Jun 19, 2026 | Jul 11, 2026 |
| Kathul Fire | 3,185 acres | Jun 21, 2026 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Kilusiktok Fire | 2,251 acres | Jun 25, 2026 | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Mud Fire | 1,788 acres | Jun 24, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Allen Fire | 1,691 acres | Jun 26, 2026 | Jul 17, 2026 |
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Alaska wildfire questions, answered live
Where are the fires in Alaska right now?
As of Sep 6, 2026, 08:45 UTC, there are 6 wildfires listed in Alaska. The largest are Tatlanika Fire (Denali Borough), 38,421 acres, Mukluk Fire (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area), 7,335 acres, and Canyon Fire (Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area), 1,064 acres. The live map above shows each one at its reported point of origin, and the table lists them all with acreage, containment, and county.
Are there any wildfires in Alaska today?
Yes. 6 are listed as active and 0 as contained, 6 in total, covering about 46,820 acres.
What is the biggest fire in Alaska right now?
The Tatlanika Fire in Denali Borough, at 38,421 acres, 15% contained.
What were the largest wildfires in Alaska in 2026?
17 wildfires in Alaska reached 1,000 acres in 2026, by FireRiskHere’s archive of the federal feed, which begins May 24, 2026. The largest were Tatlanika Fire (38,421 acres), Mukluk Fire (7,335 acres), and Kilolitna Fire (4,526 acres). Each has its own page with a day-by-day timeline; the full list is in the 2026 season archive.
How current is this Alaska wildfire map?
The data comes from the National Interagency Fire Center's WFIGS incident feed and is refreshed every 15 minutes. It was last updated Sep 6, 2026, 08:45 UTC. Containment percentages and acreage are what incident teams report; they can lag the situation on the ground by hours.
Where do I find evacuation orders for Alaska?
Evacuation orders come from borough and city emergency managers and the Alaska State Troopers, not from this site. Use the official Alaska sources listed on this page and your borough’s alert system. FireRiskHere is for awareness only.
Homes in the wildland-urban interface
About 67% of Alaska’s homes sit inside the wildland-urban interface — roughly 219,000 of 326,000 statewide, according to the SILVIS Lab’s 2020 dataset. That is a higher share than any western state except Wyoming and New Mexico: most of Alaska’s housing sits in or beside forest and brush, from Anchorage and the Mat-Su valley to Fairbanks and the Kenai Peninsula.
The SILVIS county tables do not break Alaska out by borough or census area, so this page carries the statewide figure only.
Being in the interface is a description of geography, not a forecast of fire — it captures how close a building sits to vegetation that can burn. These classifications change slowly; the figures here come from the SILVIS Lab’s most recent revision of the 1990–2020 dataset, released February 2025.
Official Alaska sources
- Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection — forestry.alaska.gov
- Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (statewide fire situation) — fire.ak.blm.gov
- Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management — ready.alaska.gov