Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): 12,554 acres
Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): 20,535 acres
Personnel: 481
A community meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, at 6:00 p.m. at the Nenana Civic Center. Hear updates from the Alaska Complex Incident Management Team 2 and ask questions you have about the Nenana Ridge Complex. The meeting will be recorded and posted online after its conclusion.
Evacuation Information
Evacuation levels were updated on Thursday, July 10th, by the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
🔴 Level 3 “GO!”:
- Outside the Borough: From the borough’s western edge, 4.5 miles west; from Sled Road north for 7 miles from the Alaska Railroad. This includes Standard Creek Road and nearby timber harvest access areas.
- Inside the Borough: Parks Highway corridor MP 316.5–338, as well as MP 338–341 south of the highway is in ‘GO!’ status. This includes all residences within at least a one-mile radius of the highway.
🟡 Level 2 “SET”:
- Outside the Borough: Parks Highway MP 309-316.5 is in level 2 ‘SET’, extending west of the highway to include homes along Little Goldstream Road, agricultural areas, and the Alaska Railroad. Extending east of the highway to include homes and agricultural areas north of Little Goldstream Creek.
- Inside the Borough: The Standard Cache zone including the middle portion of Standard Creek Road and the beginning of Cache Creek Road is in level 2 ‘SET’.
🟢 Level 1 “READY”:
- Outside the Borough: Parks Highway MP 305-309 is in Level 1 ‘READY’.
- Inside the Borough: MP 338 to 351 north of the Parks Highway, as well as the Old Nenana Highway, east end of Standard Creek Road, Old Ridge Trail, and Equinox Trail encompassing Cache Creek Road are also in Level 1 ‘READY’.
Evacuation shelters in both Nenana and Fairbanks have closed. Shelter options for both people and animals will be provided again if they are needed due to evacuations or fire behavior. Call Fairbanks North Star Borough at 907-459-1308 for additional information.
Fire Weather: Monday saw isolated thunderstorms, mostly outside the fire area, with winds gusting up to 25 mph. Tuesday will be the last day of cooler, stormy weather, with temperatures through the week consistently around 70 degrees. There were clear skies across the area Monday. Storms moving through may cause wind driven flare-ups in areas that are holding heat in the black spruce forest and heavy fuels.
Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): Several hotshot crews are working hard in wet, buggy conditions near Two Mile Lake area strengthening the line on the Goldstream Fire. Structure protection in the Little Goldstream community is continuing. This work includes assessing properties to identify ways to help reduce damage to this community from wildfire now and in the future, removing vegetation and other combustibles from around homes, and filling portable water tanks with tenders to supply sprinkler systems. Pioneer Peak Hotshots worked direct on the east side of the fire by attacking hotspots and backed that up with indirect line on the next ridge over. The White Mountain crew is spiked out on the northeast and were tasked with checking growth to the east up Ohio Creek. Crews along the highway are buttoning up work to remove fire-damaged hazard trees along this critical road corridor.
Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): Hotshots continued work on the northeast finger of the fire Monday, mopping up the perimeter that is still holding heat in dozer piles and other heavy fuels. They also are working from this area south towards the Tanana River to open up roads creating an indirect line. On the southwest edge, crews and heavy equipment are almost done building indirect line from Bonanza Creek Road, running north towards the highway, and will be moving to the east and directly along the edge of the fire around this most southern tip.
Road Safety: Firefighters are working to complete their activity along the Parks Highway between Mile Post 318.5 to 335.5. Flaggers and a pilot car will operate from 8:00 AM to 6:00PM Tuesday.
Highway construction is continuing from Mile Post 319 to 325.Pilot cars and flaggers will operate for project work activities. Road work operations will be continuous through the night and throughout the day Wednesday. Wait times are estimated at 20-30 minutes. For information on the construction project: https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/parks319to325/. For real-time road updates, visit 511.alaska.gov.
More Information
For a PDF version of this update, click here.
For official updates, visit Alaska Wildland Fire Information at akfireinfo.com or follow facebook.com/AK.Forestry.
For the interactive Alaska Wildland Fire Information Map Series go here: https://arcg.is/1a0yT03
For video briefings and more fire-related content from the Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AlaskaDNRDOF
Public Information Line: (907) 331-0454
Email: 2025.nenanaridgecomplex@firenet.gov
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