The Taylor Complex Fire was a 2004 complex of 7
wildfire
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incidents in
Alaska
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that consumed approximately of land, the largest of which was the Billy Creek Fire.
By acreage, the complex was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2007.
National Interagency Fire Center
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, "Fire Information - Wildland Fire Statistics: 1997-2007 Large Fires (100,000+ fires)", at . Accessed on 1/20/2009. The fire complex also was part of the record-breaking
2004 Alaska fire season
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that burned more than , the most in recorded history. The complex was not declared out until November of that year.
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Fires
All of the fires below were a part of the Taylor Complex:[
*Chicken #1
*Gardiner Creek
*Billy Creek
*Porcupine
*Mosquito Fork
*Wall Street
*Anomaly
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References
Wildfires in Alaska
2004 wildfires in the United States
2004 in Alaska
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