Van Hatten Fire
The Van Hatten Fire was reported on June 19, 2024 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 22,944 acres. It was declared out on October 2, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 22,944 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped October 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM AKDT, 22,944 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.491, -142.318.
The incident
- Size
- 22,944 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2024 at 6:02 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 54 mi southeast of Circle, Alaska
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,800
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AKUYD-000191
- IRWIN identifier
- 84CCF01E-1DBA-48D2-A1A0-D4B6C45F6025
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 23, 2024 (255 acres) to October 7, 2024 (22,944 acres). The largest one-day growth was 10,203 acres, mapped June 30, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 23, 2024 | 255 | |
| June 25, 2024 | 7 | -248 |
| June 26, 2024 | 1,705 | +1,698 |
| June 27, 2024 | 2,348 | +643 |
| June 28, 2024 | 4,070 | +1,722 |
| June 30, 2024 | 14,273 | +10,203 |
| July 3, 2024 | 15,646 | +1,373 |
| July 14, 2024 | 19,170 | +3,524 |
| July 21, 2024 | 20,100 | +930 |
| July 25, 2024 | 21,516 | +1,416 |
| August 5, 2024 | 21,868 | +352 |
| August 6, 2024 | 22,916 | +1,048 |
| October 7, 2024 | 22,944 | +28 |
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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 October 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM AKDT. Identifier 2024-AKUYD-000191.