Moldy Fire
The Moldy Fire was reported on June 20, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 72,217 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 72,217 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped October 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM AKDT, 72,217 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 65.583, -156.740.
The incident
- Size
- 72,217 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 6 Miles SW from HUSLIA, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- ANC
- Land ownership at origin
- ANCSA
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,754,322
- Part of
- Roundabout Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000279
- IRWIN identifier
- BE1874C8-7BD4-4D22-A087-A689F710ED78
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 21, 2025 (3,407 acres) to October 2, 2025 (72,217 acres). The largest one-day growth was 12,824 acres, mapped July 12, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2025 | 3,407 | |
| June 22, 2025 | 8,642 | +5,235 |
| June 24, 2025 | 10,104 | +1,462 |
| June 25, 2025 | 10,526 | +422 |
| June 26, 2025 | 11,337 | +811 |
| June 30, 2025 | 11,654 | +317 |
| July 2, 2025 | 15,114 | +3,460 |
| July 3, 2025 | 16,632 | +1,518 |
| July 4, 2025 | 24,571 | +7,939 |
| July 5, 2025 | 25,045 | +474 |
| July 6, 2025 | 32,602 | +7,557 |
| July 7, 2025 | 36,730 | +4,128 |
| July 8, 2025 | 41,501 | +4,771 |
| July 9, 2025 | 43,875 | +2,374 |
| July 10, 2025 | 43,875 | 0 |
| July 11, 2025 | 46,805 | +2,930 |
| July 12, 2025 | 59,629 | +12,824 |
| July 13, 2025 | 70,533 | +10,904 |
| July 14, 2025 | 72,431 | +1,898 |
| July 16, 2025 | 72,140 | -291 |
| July 19, 2025 | 72,198 | +58 |
| July 23, 2025 | 72,198 | 0 |
| July 26, 2025 | 72,911 | +713 |
| July 27, 2025 | 72,979 | +68 |
| July 28, 2025 | 72,843 | -136 |
| August 1, 2025 | 72,274 | -569 |
| October 2, 2025 | 72,217 | -57 |
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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 9:33 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000279.