Wildfire — Yukon Flats Nearby Uplands, Alaska

2004-08-01 to 2004-08-31 · Yukon Flats Nearby Uplands, Alaska

Wider weather episode

Event continued from July. Wildfires began over the eastern Interior of Alaska around June 13 and continued through the summer, setting a record year for acres burned since records began in 1950. Overall, nearly 6.5 million acres burned across northern Alaska; burned acreage also occurred in these zones not listed: 208, 215, 218, 217, 218, 219, 221, 223, 225, 226. Property damage amounts are estimated at $30,000 per structure as of the end of August.Villages/Settlements threatened from these fires: Zone 219: Bettles; Zone 220: Venetie, Central. Zone 222: Haystack Subdivision north of Fairbanks, Chena Hot Springs Resort. Zone 224: Eagle/Eagle Village, Chicken, Northway. As smoke returned to Fairbanks more persistently, a Smoke Respite Center was set up by the American Red Cross at a conference room in the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. August 9: 100 to 150-foot flame lengths reported on the Bolgren Creek fire near Central. Homes along the Steese highway just northeast of Central were evacuated with residents moved to safety zones in Central. August 21: six outbuildings destroyed at the Taylor Complex.Event continued into September.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5419591. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.