Hammonds Rocks Fire
The Hammonds Rocks Fire was reported on April 24, 2025 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and burned 470 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 470 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 24, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 40.068, -77.249.
The incident
- Size
- 470 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- South of Carlisle PA
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Nearest city reported
- Mt Holly Springs
- Protecting agency
- FFP
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $74,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-PAPAS-000334
- IRWIN identifier
- BFA08D2A-3F0B-4230-93DF-4E0D97DA87FE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mount Holly Springs, PA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mount Holly Springs, PA5 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Boiling Springs, PA9 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Biglerville, PA10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Carlisle, PA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Newville, PA11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Dillsburg, PA12 miles east 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 September 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-PAPAS-000334.