Started on Jun 12, 2026.
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Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 60 miles northwest of Rampart, AK
- Cause
- Natural
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Brush (2 feet)
- How it's behaving
- Moderate, Single Tree TorchingBacking — Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across the federal lands of Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, sixty miles northwest of Rampart, the natural-caused Kilolitna Fire has maintained an active status for ninety-six days. The fire behavior is characterized as moderate with backing and single tree torching in two-foot brush. Managed under a Type 5 Incident structure by the USFWS, the incident reflects the seasonal realities of Alaska's typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
The fire has steadily consumed approximately forty-seven acres per day on average, accumulating a total footprint of 4,526 acres while remaining zero percent contained. Across the country, 2026 has seen a total of 3,226,886 hectares burned so far, sitting forty-one percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Alaska for 96 days. In total it burned about 4,526 acres — around 18 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 3,258,477 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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