Caribou Fire
The Caribou Fire was reported on June 15, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 1,936 acres. It was declared out on September 19, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,936 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2025
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeter mapped September 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM AKDT, 1,936 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 66.167, -155.763.
The incident
- Size
- 1,936 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 37 Miles NE from Huslia, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $292,629
- Part of
- Roundabout Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000128
- IRWIN identifier
- CA16468A-739B-4333-BC1D-AB5B85ED504A
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 16, 2025 (17 acres) to September 24, 2025 (1,936 acres). The largest one-day growth was 557 acres, mapped June 20, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 16, 2025 | 17 | |
| June 17, 2025 | 441 | +424 |
| June 18, 2025 | 453 | +12 |
| June 20, 2025 | 1,009 | +556 |
| June 21, 2025 | 1,124 | +115 |
| June 23, 2025 | 1,456 | +332 |
| June 25, 2025 | 1,707 | +251 |
| June 28, 2025 | 1,830 | +123 |
| June 30, 2025 | 1,915 | +85 |
| July 6, 2025 | 1,913 | -2 |
| September 24, 2025 | 1,936 | +23 |
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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 September 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000128.