Meadow Creek Fire
The Meadow Creek Fire was reported on June 18, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 19,634 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 19,634 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped August 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM AKDT, 19,634 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 63.717, -154.703.
The incident
- Size
- 19,634 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM AKDT
- Contained
- August 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- August 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 54 Miles NW from Nikolai, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKSWS-504187
- IRWIN identifier
- 324C8507-0EF6-4AE3-A129-05625E8E90AD
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 21, 2025 (12,479 acres) to August 18, 2025 (19,634 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,706 acres, mapped June 22, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2025 | 12,479 | |
| June 22, 2025 | 15,185 | +2,706 |
| June 28, 2025 | 17,231 | +2,046 |
| July 1, 2025 | 19,374 | +2,143 |
| August 18, 2025 | 19,634 | +260 |
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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 August 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKSWS-504187.