Cut Gap Fire
The Cut Gap Fire was reported on November 5, 2022 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky and burned 2,468 acres. It was declared out on December 8, 2022.
- Size
- 2,468 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 5, 2022
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeter mapped December 9, 2022 at 10:55 AM EST, 2,468 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 37.271, -84.277.
The incident
- Size
- 2,468 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 5, 2022 at 8:16 PM EDT
- Contained
- November 17, 2022 at 6:00 PM EST
- Controlled
- November 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- December 8, 2022 at 2:20 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 miles SE of Mount Vernon, KY. West of I-75, Cut Gap Road
- County
- Rockcastle County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Mount Vernon
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $799,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-KYDBF-000175
- IRWIN identifier
- 73DC6A5B-DF05-4424-83CA-054AA00477EF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mount Vernon, KY covers the area today.
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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 December 8, 2022 at 2:21 PM EST. Identifier 2022-KYDBF-000175.