Sikik Fire
The Sikik Fire was reported on July 6, 2025 in Northwest Arctic County, Alaska and burned 14,526 acres. It was declared out on September 19, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,526 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM AKDT, 14,526 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 67.970, -158.140.
The incident
- Size
- 14,526 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2025 at 8:06 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 60 Miles N from Ambler, AK
- County
- Northwest Arctic County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000404
- IRWIN identifier
- E025ACC5-A6A0-482A-9595-A84DFD1B7139
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 7, 2025 (349 acres) to October 6, 2025 (14,526 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,926 acres, mapped July 10, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2025 | 349 | |
| July 8, 2025 | 1,102 | +753 |
| July 9, 2025 | 3,831 | +2,729 |
| July 10, 2025 | 7,757 | +3,926 |
| July 11, 2025 | 8,719 | +962 |
| July 12, 2025 | 10,093 | +1,374 |
| July 13, 2025 | 10,905 | +812 |
| July 14, 2025 | 12,326 | +1,421 |
| July 26, 2025 | 12,326 | 0 |
| October 6, 2025 | 14,526 | +2,200 |
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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 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000404.