Wheeler Fire
The Wheeler Fire was reported on July 7, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 39,210 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 39,210 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
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Map
Perimeter mapped October 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM AKDT, 39,210 acres (digitized-image). Point of origin 66.135, -156.631.
The incident
- Size
- 39,210 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 30 Miles N from Huslia, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $73,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKGAD-000412
- IRWIN identifier
- D359035F-B089-4A48-A445-12261E4B846D
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 8, 2025 (74 acres) to October 2, 2025 (39,210 acres). The largest one-day growth was 9,946 acres, mapped July 13, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 8, 2025 | 74 | |
| July 9, 2025 | 5,364 | +5,290 |
| July 10, 2025 | 8,790 | +3,426 |
| July 11, 2025 | 12,410 | +3,620 |
| July 13, 2025 | 22,356 | +9,946 |
| July 14, 2025 | 26,698 | +4,342 |
| July 19, 2025 | 35,789 | +9,091 |
| July 26, 2025 | 38,932 | +3,143 |
| July 31, 2025 | 38,923 | -9 |
| August 1, 2025 | 39,073 | +150 |
| August 3, 2025 | 39,092 | +19 |
| August 4, 2025 | 39,133 | +41 |
| October 2, 2025 | 39,210 | +77 |
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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 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKGAD-000412.