Clear Creek Fire
202354,386 acresAlaska
The Clear Creek Fire burned 54,386 acres, about 85 square miles, across Denali Borough. It began on July 27, 2023.
Watch how it happenedClear Creek Fire · 2023
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 25% | 13,396 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 44% | 24,086 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 23% | 12,717 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 7.6% | 4,118 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 42 |
25% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 13,396 acres; 69% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Denali Borough | AK | 54,399 |
Other large fires in Alaska in 2023
- Delta Fire57,928 acres
- Pogo Mine Road Fire51,191 acres
- Rock Creek Fire33,831 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.