Richards Fire
The Richards Fire was reported on June 20, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 577 acres. It was declared out on September 19, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 577 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeter mapped October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM AKDT, 577 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 65.686, -156.728.
The incident
- Size
- 577 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles W from Huslia, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $729,636
- Part of
- Roundabout Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000251
- IRWIN identifier
- 5A97DFEA-AF3D-4935-B8C5-79B7A427F752
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 21, 2025 (150 acres) to October 8, 2025 (577 acres). The largest one-day growth was 644 acres, mapped June 22, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 2025 | 150 | |
| June 22, 2025 | 794 | +644 |
| June 28, 2025 | 563 | -231 |
| June 29, 2025 | 563 | 0 |
| June 30, 2025 | 574 | +11 |
| July 6, 2025 | 577 | +3 |
| October 8, 2025 | 577 | 0 |
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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 3:50 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000251.