Yellow Fire
The Yellow Fire was reported on June 21, 2025 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 7,943 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,943 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped October 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM AKDT, 7,943 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 65.728, -146.588.
The incident
- Size
- 7,943 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM AKDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 43 Miles SW from Birch Creek, AK
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Birch Creek
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AKUYD-000297
- IRWIN identifier
- B1FC52FF-4743-4BA3-BC6F-D3A6E8C43BBA
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 22, 2025 (629 acres) to October 2, 2025 (7,943 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,118 acres, mapped July 6, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 22, 2025 | 629 | |
| June 24, 2025 | 629 | 0 |
| June 26, 2025 | 852 | +223 |
| June 28, 2025 | 1,471 | +619 |
| June 29, 2025 | 1,363 | -108 |
| June 30, 2025 | 1,497 | +134 |
| July 1, 2025 | 1,488 | -9 |
| July 3, 2025 | 1,500 | +12 |
| July 4, 2025 | 1,589 | +89 |
| July 6, 2025 | 5,707 | +4,118 |
| July 8, 2025 | 7,830 | +2,123 |
| July 20, 2025 | 7,876 | +46 |
| July 27, 2025 | 7,943 | +67 |
| October 2, 2025 | 7,943 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pleasant Valley, AK covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pleasant Valley, AK59 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Farmers Loop, AK65 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fairbanks, AK70 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- College, AK70 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Badger, AK70 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- North Pole, AK71 miles south of the fire’s origin
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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 10:16 AM AKDT. Identifier 2025-AKUYD-000297.