Nakochelik Fire
The Nakochelik Fire was reported on June 21, 2025 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 129 acres. It was declared out on September 18, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 129 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2025
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeter mapped October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM AKDT, 129 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 66.926, -158.080.
The incident
- Size
- 129 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM AKDT
- Contained
- June 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM AKDT
- Controlled
- June 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 13 Miles SW from Ambler, AK
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Ambler
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $171,103
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000306
- IRWIN identifier
- 2DAC8166-CC79-4D3D-AC9D-5871FDFBE5AD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Selawik, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000306.