Jones Road Fire
The Jones Road Fire was reported on April 22, 2025 in Ocean County, New Jersey and burned 15,300 acres. It is 75 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 15,300 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2025
- Personnel
- 40
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 39.795, -74.299.
The incident
- Size
- 15,300 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Intersection of Bryant Road and Jones Road
- County
- Ocean County
- State
- New Jersey
- Nearest city reported
- Waretown
- Protecting agency
- FFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 40
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NJNJS-000322
- IRWIN identifier
- F823C9A6-D574-4611-A680-E69AC2548BE3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ocean Acres, NJ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ocean Acres, NJ4 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Barnegat, NJ5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Waretown, NJ6 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Forked River, NJ7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Manahawkin, NJ7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Beach Haven West, NJ9 miles south 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 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-NJNJS-000322.