Buckley Bar Fire
The Buckley Bar Fire was reported on June 20, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 9,658 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,658 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped October 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM AKDT, 9,658 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.368, -144.344.
The incident
- Size
- 9,658 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 33 Miles S from Circle, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Circle
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $261,474
- Part of
- Ptarmigan Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKUYD-000264
- IRWIN identifier
- 11A6FCDD-5FBD-4E76-9899-8658696EE21E
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 21, 2025 (4 acres) to October 2, 2025 (9,658 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,262 acres, mapped July 11, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2025 | 4 | |
| June 22, 2025 | 304 | +300 |
| June 26, 2025 | 2,140 | +1,836 |
| June 28, 2025 | 2,226 | +86 |
| July 3, 2025 | 2,267 | +41 |
| July 4, 2025 | 2,302 | +35 |
| July 5, 2025 | 3,273 | +971 |
| July 6, 2025 | 4,599 | +1,326 |
| July 7, 2025 | 5,209 | +610 |
| July 8, 2025 | 5,995 | +786 |
| July 11, 2025 | 9,257 | +3,262 |
| July 12, 2025 | 9,353 | +96 |
| July 15, 2025 | 9,382 | +29 |
| July 20, 2025 | 9,517 | +135 |
| July 21, 2025 | 9,595 | +78 |
| July 27, 2025 | 9,660 | +65 |
| August 4, 2025 | 9,669 | +9 |
| October 2, 2025 | 9,658 | -11 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pleasant Valley, AK covers the area today.
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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 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKUYD-000264.