Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
0 acres Jul 24, 11:00 PM
|
0 acres
Jul 25, 12:00 AM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Harbin Fire is a wildfire near Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, July 24th at 11:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
Tonight
38°F · Clear
Wind 10 to 15 mph N · 0% chance of rain
Saturday
70°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 0 to 10 mph N · 1% chance of rain
Saturday Night
38°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph NW · 3% chance of rain
Sunday
72°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 5 mph SW · 1% chance of rain
Sunday Night
51°F · Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain
Wind 0 to 5 mph NW · 23% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, July 24th at 11:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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