Kentucky Ridge Fire
The Kentucky Ridge Fire was reported on November 7, 2016 in Bell County, Kentucky and burned 1,600 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 7, 2016
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.679, -83.851.
The incident
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 7, 2016 at 1:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Bell County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Pineville
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $85,349
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-KYKYS-000016
- IRWIN identifier
- 50351EA4-4EFF-4AA2-83CB-321FCC8CA8D6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Middlesboro, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Middlesboro, KY9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Pineville, KY10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Harrogate, TN13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Barbourville, KY13 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Speedwell, TN15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Jellico, TN17 miles west 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 24, 2016 at 8:05 PM EST. Identifier 2016-KYKYS-000016.