Kyikhgyit Fire
The Kyikhgyit Fire was reported on July 8, 2022 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 11,403 acres. It was declared out on August 22, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,403 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2022
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped August 23, 2022 at 10:42 AM AKDT, 11,403 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 66.301, -154.647.
The incident
- Size
- 11,403 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2022 at 5:04 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 22, 2022 at 1:58 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2022 at 1:59 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 22, 2022 at 2:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20.5 miles northwest of Hughes, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Hughes, AK
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- ANC
- Land ownership at origin
- ANCSA
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-AKTAD-000523
- IRWIN identifier
- 4F767093-B1FD-475B-BAED-F8C9C76B0603
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 22, 2022 at 3:17 PM AKDT. Identifier 2022-AKTAD-000523.