Alaska wildfires

Rockybottom Fire

OutYukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska2025Wildfire

The Rockybottom Fire was reported on June 17, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 922 acres. It was declared out on September 2, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.

Size
922 acres
Contained
0%
Discovered
June 17, 2025

Map

Perimeter mapped September 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM AKDT, 922 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 66.895, -153.087.

Live radar at the fire

The incident

Size
922 acres
Containment
0%
Discovered
June 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM AKDT
Declared out
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM AKDT
Cause
Natural
Location
25 Miles NW from Alatna, AK
County
Yukon-Koyukuk 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-AKTAD-000162
IRWIN identifier
B8F86BF4-42EE-41BF-8A29-4B336AC7BCC1

Growth

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 18, 2025 (35 acres) to September 24, 2025 (922 acres). The largest one-day growth was 708 acres, mapped June 22, 2025.

DayAcresChange
June 18, 202535
June 20, 2025254+219
June 22, 2025961+707
June 23, 2025941-20
June 25, 2025921-20
September 24, 2025922+1

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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 11:32 PM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKTAD-000162.