Billy Kid Fire
The Billy Kid Fire was reported on April 16, 2025 in Vernon County, Louisiana and burned 167 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 167 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 16, 2025
- Personnel
- 7
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.917, -93.371.
The incident
- Size
- 167 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- West of Rosepine LA
- County
- Vernon County
- State
- Louisiana
- Nearest city reported
- Deridder
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,285
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-LALAS-000117
- IRWIN identifier
- ED6EA4BA-C214-4A07-9BC2-63648855D4CC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rosepine, LA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rosepine, LA5 miles east of the fire’s origin
- DeRidder, LA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Polk South, LA13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- New Llano, LA15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Merryville, LA15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Leesville, LA17 miles north 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 April 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-LALAS-000117.