Louise Creek Coal Seam Fire

Denali County, Alaska · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 22, 2026 (7 days ago)

First reported about 5 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	61 acres Sep 29, 7:00 AM	61 acres Sep 29, 7:00 AM	—
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Louise Creek Coal Seam Fire summary

The Louise Creek Coal Seam Fire is a wildfire near Denali County, Alaska. It has burned about 61 acres (about 47 football fields). It was first reported about 5 months ago.

Size: 61 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: May 8, 2026 (first reported about 5 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00 a.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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 a specific fire will do.

	Day	Night
Overnight	—	32°F · Rain And Snow Likely Wind 0 mph · 74% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely
Tuesday	37°F · Rain And Snow Likely Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 74% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely	26°F · Chance Light Snow Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 36% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain
Wednesday	34°F · Mostly Cloudy then Light Snow Likely Wind 0 mph · 64% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely	26°F · Light Snow Wind 0 mph · 79% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, September 29th at 7:03 a.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

27° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

0% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

1,784 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Tuesday, September 22nd at 2:07 p.m. CDT.