Jetts Creek Fire
The Jetts Creek Fire was reported on November 6, 2016 in Breathitt County, Kentucky and burned 3,500 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2016
- Personnel
- 36
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.495, -83.552.
The incident
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2016 at 3:15 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Breathitt County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Jackson
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 36
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,636
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-KYKYS-00016-
- IRWIN identifier
- 61DF701F-0A1E-4F64-9962-88E01A84FBFB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Booneville, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Booneville, KY7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Beattyville, KY10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Jackson, KY10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hazard, KY26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Annville, KY26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Manchester, KY26 miles southwest 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 November 21, 2016 at 8:26 PM EST. Identifier 2016-KYKYS-00016-.