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Counties with the Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in Alaska

The top 25 of 29 Alaska counties on GIS Map, ranked by total acres burned in recorded wildfires from 1992 to 2024.

#CountyAcres burned
1Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
6,317,470
2Bethel Census Area
926,411
3Fairbanks North Star Borough
573,430
4Dillingham Census Area
522,584
5Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
394,839
6Kenai Peninsula Borough
366,801
7Kusilvak Census Area
263,084
8Denali Borough
238,742
9Northwest Arctic Borough
192,812
10Nome Census Area
155,744
11Lake and Peninsula Borough
63,284
12North Slope Borough
20,995
13Matanuska-Susitna Borough
4,371
14Aleutians West Census Area
920
15Sitka City and Borough
308
16Yakutat City and Borough
236
17Juneau City and Borough
113
18Aleutians East Borough
88
19Kodiak Island Borough
83
20Bristol Bay Borough
23
21Anchorage Municipality
22
22Ketchikan Gateway Borough
11
23Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
6
24Wrangell City and Borough
4
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 Most Acres Burned by Wildfire in Alaska”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alaska/most-acres-burned-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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