Mukluk Fire

Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 22, 2026 (9 days ago)

First reported about 7 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	7,339 acres Oct 1, 7:00 PM	7,339 acres Oct 1, 7:00 PM	—
Containment	46% Sep 11, 8:00 PM	70% Oct 1, 7:00 PM +24 percent was 46% · Sep 11, 8:00 PM	+24 percent in 20 days
Crew size	27 Sep 14, 7:00 PM	20 Oct 1, 7:00 PM −7 was 27 · Sep 14, 7:00 PM	−7 in 17 days
Money spent	$11.8M Sep 13, 8:00 PM	$11.9M Oct 1, 7:00 PM +$100,000 was $11.8M · Sep 13, 8:00 PM	+$100,000 in 18 days

Mukluk Fire summary

The Mukluk Fire is a wildfire near Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska. It has burned about 7,339 acres (about 6,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 70% of its edge; the other 30% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 7 weeks ago. About 20 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.

Size: 7,339 acres
Containment: 70%
Discovered: August 17, 2026 (first reported about 7 weeks ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, October 1st at 7:00 p.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
This Afternoon	39°F · Partly Sunny Wind 5 mph NW · 11% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry	19°F · Light Snow Likely Wind 5 mph NW · 64% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely
Friday	37°F · Light Snow Likely then Partly Sunny Wind 0 to 5 mph NW · 64% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely	16°F · Mostly Clear Wind 0 mph · 0% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry
Saturday	36°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Light Snow Wind 0 to 5 mph SE · 38% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain	—

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, October 1st at 7:03 p.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.

0° 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.

1,644 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 Thursday, September 10th at 3:52 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 20 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $12 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.