Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska · Wildfire
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The Beaver Fire is a wildfire near Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska. It has burned about 13 acres (about 10 football fields). It was first reported 7 days ago. We're also tracking 2 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 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.
This Afternoon
72°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph SW · 39% chance of rain
Tonight
45°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph S · 33% chance of rain
Sunday
80°F · Partly Sunny
Wind 5 mph SE · 4% chance of rain
Sunday Night
50°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph SE · 1% chance of rain
Monday
86°F · Mostly Sunny then Isolated Rain Showers
Wind 5 mph E · 22% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:33 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.
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