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Buffalo

Southeast Fairbanks, AK ยท Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 767 acres in Southeast Fairbanks before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

767

Acres Burned

142

Days Burning

Jun 22, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Jun 23 / 319 acresOct 17 / 767 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Buffalo update: 767 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the Buffalo grew 23 acres to 767.

IRWIN

Buffalo mapped at 745 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 1

Interagency perimeter data shows the Buffalo at 745 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Buffalo update: 745 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jun 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Buffalo grew 425 acres to 745.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jun 22Now

142 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 5eb7fe2b-e2c2-4b4a-8b1f-477cb10eb57c

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