This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
This is a high-significance wildfires event affecting Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska, tracked from official feeds (NASA EONET). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 4,526 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Cause
- Natural
- Began
- Status
- Inactive
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Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska), colored by its significance. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Fire weather NWS AFG
Fire Weather / Red Flag
Red flag warning in effect from noon through midnight tonight for lightning in the Upper Koyukuk Valley.
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000 WWAK63 PAFG 081558 RFWAFG URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 758 AM AKDT Wed Jul 8 2026 AKZ931-090400- /O.NEW.PAFG.FW.W.0018.260708T2000Z-260709T0800Z/ Upper Koyukuk Valley- 758 AM AKDT Wed Jul 8 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT AKDT TONIGHT FOR LIGHTNING... The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a Red Flag Warning for lightning, which is in effect from noon today to midnight AKDT tonight. * AFFECTED AREA...Upper Koyukuk Valley. * TIMING...From noon today to midnight AKDT tonight. * THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INDEX...S…
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.