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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Alaska

The top 25 of 29 Alaska counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
312,918
2Dillingham Census Area
204,222
3Kenai Peninsula Borough
196,722
4Kusilvak Census Area
166,760
5Fairbanks North Star Borough
153,729
6Bethel Census Area
115,030
7Nome Census Area
111,898
8Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
57,227
9Denali Borough
53,289
10Northwest Arctic Borough
39,015
11Lake and Peninsula Borough
17,948
12North Slope Borough
14,548
13Matanuska-Susitna Borough
3,289
14Aleutians West Census Area
920
15Sitka City and Borough
305
16Yakutat City and Borough
227
17Aleutians East Borough
70
18Kodiak Island Borough
68
19Juneau City and Borough
56
20Bristol Bay Borough
23
21Anchorage Municipality
14
22Ketchikan Gateway Borough
4
23Wrangell City and Borough
3
24Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
2
25Haines Borough
1

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Alaska”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alaska/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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