Reed Fire
The Reed Fire was reported on July 9, 2025 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 3,396 acres. It was declared out on September 17, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,396 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped September 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM AKDT, 3,396 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 67.056, -154.853.
The incident
- Size
- 3,396 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 57 Miles NE from Kobuk, AK
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000430
- IRWIN identifier
- EF688ACE-FD49-447F-9AF6-63F48D465EF0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 12, 2025 (153 acres) to September 24, 2025 (3,396 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,510 acres, mapped July 13, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2025 | 153 | |
| July 13, 2025 | 1,663 | +1,510 |
| July 26, 2025 | 3,143 | +1,480 |
| September 24, 2025 | 3,396 | +253 |
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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 10:57 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000430.