2004 Alaska wildfires

2004 Alaska wildfires
A map of the 2004 fire season's effect on Alaska and the Yukon.
Statistics[1]
Total fires701
Total area6,600,000 acres (10,300 sq mi; 27,000 km2)+
Graphs record the area burned and number of wildfires in Alaska from 1956 to 2004.

The 2004 Alaska fire season was the worst wildfire season on record in the U.S. state of Alaska in terms of area burned.[2] Though the 1989 fire season recorded more fires, nearly 1,000, the 2004 season burned more than 6,600,000 acres (10,300 sq mi; 27,000 km2) in just 701 fires.[1] The largest of these fires was the Taylor Complex Fire.[3] This fire consumed over 1,700,000 acres (2,700 sq mi; 6,900 km2) and was the deemed to be the largest fire in the United States from at least 1997 to 2019.[3] Out of all 701 fires, 426 fires were started by humans and 215 by lightning.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Air Quality - 2004 Wildland Fire Season Summary". dec.alaska.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  2. ^ "2015 wildfire season could be Alaska's worst ever". UPI. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  3. ^ a b "Tropical Fire Report Series" (PDF). USFA. Fema.gov.