Canyon Fire (AK)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 20 Miles W from Rampart, AK
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 35
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Isolated Torching
- Jurisdiction
- DNR · State land
Burning in the Yukon-Koyukuk region of Alaska, twenty miles west of Rampart, the natural-caused Canyon Fire has now been active for fifty-eight days, averaging approximately eighteen acres of daily growth across its 1,064-acre footprint. Managed by the Department of Natural Resources under a Type 4 Incident command with thirty-five personnel and a suppression cost of $442,212, the zero-percent contained fire currently exhibits minimal, smoldering, and isolated torching behavior within its timber, litter, and understory fuels on state land.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical June-to-October fire season, contributing to a broader national context where 2,702,782 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 51% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Alaska for 64 days. In total it burned about 1,064 acres — around 4.3 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,021,962 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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