Tatlanika Fire (Alaska)

Active · 15% contained · 38,421 acres · started 2026-06-21 · updated 2026-08-24

Tatlanika Fire (Alaska) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True color Fire (SWIR)

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True color (left): as the eye sees it.
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire

Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.

Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).

Quick facts

Location: 23 Miles E from Clear, AK
Cause: Natural
Personnel: 18
Complexity: Type 4 Incident
Fuel: Timber (Grass and Understory)
Behavior: Active, Torching, Running
Jurisdiction: DNR · State land

Burning across the timber, grass, and understory of Denali County, the active Tatlanika Fire in Alaska has consumed 38,421 acres since it began on June 21, 2026. Located 23 miles east of Clear, the natural-cause wildfire is currently exhibiting active, torching, and running behavior. Despite burning for 64 days and maintaining an approximate average daily growth of 600 acres per day, response efforts led by a Type 4 IC have achieved 15 percent containment.

Operations on the ground are currently supported by 18 personnel managed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on state-owned land, with the total cost of the incident reaching $252,356 under a Type 4 Incident complexity level. This fire is part of a broader national season that has seen 2,993,191 hectares burn across the country so far in 2026, tracking 45 percent below the two-decade average for a typical fire season that spans from June to October.

In context

This wildfire has been burning in Alaska for 77 days. So far it has affected roughly 38,421 acres — about 155 km². Crews have contained 15% of the perimeter, but most of the fire line is still open.

In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.