Chicken Fire
The Chicken Fire was reported on June 16, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 8,071 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,071 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped September 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM AKDT, 8,071 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.203, -153.498.
The incident
- Size
- 8,071 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 Miles SW from Kallands, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Kallands
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKTAD-000150
- IRWIN identifier
- 8F191A9C-84DC-42B8-8C9F-0651113687AD
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 19, 2025 (150 acres) to September 24, 2025 (8,071 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,030 acres, mapped July 14, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 19, 2025 | 150 | |
| June 20, 2025 | 195 | +45 |
| July 1, 2025 | 1,573 | +1,378 |
| July 2, 2025 | 1,556 | -17 |
| July 4, 2025 | 1,596 | +40 |
| July 5, 2025 | 1,732 | +136 |
| July 12, 2025 | 2,219 | +487 |
| July 14, 2025 | 6,249 | +4,030 |
| July 15, 2025 | 6,540 | +291 |
| July 19, 2025 | 7,723 | +1,183 |
| July 27, 2025 | 8,063 | +340 |
| August 1, 2025 | 8,084 | +21 |
| September 24, 2025 | 8,071 | -13 |
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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 11:25 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKTAD-000150.