Live Trap Fire
The Live Trap Fire was reported on June 20, 2025 in Denali County, Alaska and burned 2,503 acres. It was declared out on July 26, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,503 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM AKST, 2,503 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 63.530, -152.120.
The incident
- Size
- 2,503 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- July 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 26 Miles NW from Lake Minchumina, AK
- County
- Denali County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Lake Minchumina
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKTAD-000271
- IRWIN identifier
- 487E3977-35D4-4E72-B8ED-F343CAB8BBF9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 2, 2025 (2,081 acres) to November 14, 2025 (2,503 acres). The largest one-day growth was 191 acres, mapped July 6, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2025 | 2,081 | |
| July 4, 2025 | 2,224 | +143 |
| July 6, 2025 | 2,416 | +192 |
| November 14, 2025 | 2,503 | +87 |
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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 November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM AKST. Identifier 2025-AKTAD-000271.