# Taylor Complex Fire > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Taylor_Complex_Fire > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Taylor_Complex_Fire.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Complex_Fire > Source revision: 1292076899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2004 wildfires in Alaska, United States Taylor Complex Fire The **Taylor Complex Fire** was a 2004 complex of 7 [wildfire](/source/Wildfire) incidents in [Alaska](/source/Alaska) that consumed approximately 1,303,358 acres (5,275 km2) of land, the largest of which was the Billy Creek Fire.[1] By acreage, the complex was the largest wildfire in the United States between 1997 and 2007.[2] The fire complex also was part of the record-breaking [2004 Alaska fire season](/source/2004_Alaska_fire_season) that burned more than 6,600,000 acres (27,000 km2), the most in recorded history. The complex was not declared out until November of that year.[1] ## Fires All of the fires below were a part of the Taylor Complex:[1] - Chicken #1 - Gardiner Creek - Billy Creek - Porcupine - Mosquito Fork - Wall Street - Anomaly ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aicc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aicc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-aicc_1-2) [Alaska Fire Season 2004](https://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/Statistics%20Directory/Previous%20Years%20Data%20and%20FFR%20Handouts/Annual%20Reports%202004%20-%202014/2004.pdf) (PDF) (Report). Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. 2004. Retrieved July 12, 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nifcstats_2-0)** [National Interagency Fire Center](/source/National_Interagency_Fire_Center), "Fire Information - Wildland Fire Statistics: 1997-2007 Large Fires (100,000+ fires)", at ["National Interagency Fire Center"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090514201955/http://www.nifc.gov/fire_info/lg_fires.htm). Archived from [the original](https://www.nifc.gov/fire_info/lg_fires.htm) on May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009.. 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