Shaw Fire (AK)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 23 Miles NE from Delta Junction, AK
- Cause
- Natural
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Moderate, Smoldering, Running
- Jurisdiction
- DNR · State land
Burning through timber with grass and understory, the active Shaw Fire has been active for 60 days in Southeast Fairbanks, Alaska, located 23 miles northeast of Delta Junction. The blaze has exhibited moderate, smoldering, and running behavior, consuming 3,459 acres of State land under the management of a Type 5 Incident Commander and the Department of Natural Resources at a cost of 12,467 dollars, with zero containment reported. Averaging approximately 58 acres of growth per day since its natural start on June 20, 2026, the incident unfolds against a regional backdrop where the typical fire season spans from June to October.
This fire occurs during a broader national landscape that has seen 2,943,064 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that remains 46 percent below the two-decade average for the country.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Alaska for 66 days. So far it has affected roughly 3,459 acres — about 14 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
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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