The amount of acreage burned in Alaska wildfires this summer surpassed the 2-million-acre mark on Wednesday, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center’s daily situation report released this morning.
Through July 1, a total of 621 fires have burned an estimated 2,128,750.4 acres. The total acreage increased by 243,990.6 acres on Wednesday as a result of better mapping and reconnaissance on fires.
At 31,059 acres and counting, the Whitefish Lake 1 Fire near Aniak in Southwest Alaska is one of 31 fires currently burning in Alaska that are currently over 20,000 acres.
That said, we still don’t have a single fire that has surpassed the 100,000-acre mark, though there are 31 fires that are 20,000 acres or larger. Here’s a list of the 10 biggest fires currently burning in Alaska, according to the AICC:
1) Iditarod River – 98,183 acres
2) Torment Creek – 74,087 acres
3) Kutokbuna Lake – 68,320 acres
4) Can Creek – 56,661 acres
5) Three Day – 52,000 acres
6) Why Lake – 48,603 acres
7) Tobatokh – 42,802 acres
8) Tozitna – 41,618 acres
9) Big Creek Two – 40,059 acres
10) Chisana River 2 – 37,705 acres
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