Wind Advisoryuntil Nov 11, 8:00 AM
Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 2:24PM AKST until November 11 at 12:00AM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
City and Borough of Yakutat
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Alaska Wildfires: Live Fire Map
15
Active fires
2
Acres
0
Under 50% contained
18
Air quality · good statewide
Current situation
Alaska
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
Dispatch reports (24h)
0
Evac zones
0
NWS alerts
5
No evacuation orders or warnings are active in the 3 Alaska boroughs with a live evacuation feed. 27 of its 30 boroughs have no feed, so orders or warnings there will not appear here. See which boroughs are covered below.
Alaska currently has 15 active wildfires burning a combined 2 acres. The biggest is the Cobb fire at 1 acres.
The National Weather Service has 5 Wind Advisories in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 6 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 18, peak 37).
Bold outline: Alaska boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in Alaska
Live evacuation feed coverage
3of 30 boroughs
Orders and warnings in the 27 boroughs without a feed will not appear on FireNearby. If you live in one, follow that borough's official emergency channels.
No live feed27
- Aleutians East
- Aleutians West
- Bethel
- Bristol Bay
- Chugach
- Copper River
- Dillingham
- Fairbanks North Star
- Haines
- Hoonah-Angoon
- Juneau
- Ketchikan Gateway
- Kodiak Island
- Kusilvak
- Lake and Peninsula
- Matanuska-Susitna
- Nome
- North Slope
- Northwest Arctic
- Petersburg
- Prince of Wales-Hyder
- Sitka
- Skagway
- Southeast Fairbanks
- Wrangell
- Yakutat
- Yukon-Koyukuk
Live feed3
- Anchorage
- Denali
- Kenai Peninsula
3 official sources, checked every 5 minutes
- Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management
- Municipality of Anchorage Office of Emergency Management
- Denali Borough
No zone in these feeds is under an evacuation order or warning right now. If one is issued, it will appear here and on the map above.
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Wind Advisoryuntil Nov 11, 8:00 AM
Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 2:24PM AKST until November 11 at 12:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
Prince of Wales Island; Ketchikan Gateway Borough; Annette Island
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Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 2:24PM AKST until November 11 at 12:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
City and Borough of Sitka
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Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 2:24PM AKST until November 11 at 12:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
Western Kupreanof and Kuiu Island
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Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 2:24PM AKST until November 11 at 6:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
Cape Fairweather to Lisianski Strait
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This season vs the last decade
9% of normal for Nov 10Burned so far in 202689K acres
10-year average by Nov 10 (2016–2025)975K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)975K acres
So far in 2026, 89K acres have burned in Alaska, 9% of the 975K acres an average year from 2016 to 2025 had burned by Nov 10. A full average year burned 975K acres.
Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Fires that cross a state line are split by their mapped perimeter.
Active fires in Alaska
- -Cobb Fire-1.0 acres64 days ago
- -Crestview Fire-0.1 acres57 days ago
- -Willer Kash Fire-0.1 acres56 days ago
- -Saber Fire-0.1 acres114 days ago
- -Ruby Dump Fire-0.1 acres55 days ago
- -Nulqsut Dump Fire-0.1 acres68 days ago
- -Klawasi Fire-0.1 acres64 days ago
- -Holy Cross Dump Fire-0.1 acres55 days ago
- -Eagle Cove Fire-0.1 acres19 days ago
- -Elliott Complex Fire-0.1 acres85 days ago
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb Fire | - | 1.0 acres | - | 64 days ago |
| Crestview Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 57 days ago |
| Willer Kash Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 56 days ago |
| Saber Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 114 days ago |
| Ruby Dump Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 55 days ago |
| Nulqsut Dump Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 68 days ago |
| Klawasi Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 64 days ago |
| Holy Cross Dump Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 55 days ago |
| Eagle Cove Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 19 days ago |
| Elliott Complex Fire | - | 0.1 acres | - | 85 days ago |
Latest fire updates in Alaska
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Ptarmigan Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N2GG)
41 days ago · September 30, 2026
Wildfire history in Alaska
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
2015
Worst year · 6.3M acres
472
Fires / year · average
6,135
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
636
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$889.7M
Reported cost
From 1,241 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Acres burned by year
6.3M
3.2M
'15
'20
'25
'26
Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
1.1M
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June and July account for 96% of the acreage burned in Alaska in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Fires recorded by year
Trend analysis
Over the last five years, Alaska averaged 1.0M acres burned and 442 fires per year. That is 26% down in acreage and 10% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Recent seasons have been quieter than the long-term norm.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Alaska? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
Largest fires on record in Alaska
- Taylor Complex20049 structures destroyed1,305,592 acres
- Railbelt Complex2009631,194 acres
- Eagle Complex20042 structures destroyed614,974 acres
- Boundary Fire200435 structures destroyed537,098 acres
- Chalkyitsik Complex20192 structures destroyed505,273 acres
Emergency resources for Alaska
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.
Alaska DHS&EM (Ready Alaska)AlertsState emergency management and active-event information.ready.alaska.govRed Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov