Kentucky 2025 Fire
The Kentucky 2025 Fire was reported on March 12, 2025 in Owsley County, Kentucky and burned 155 acres. It was declared out on March 21, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 155 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2025
- Personnel
- 6
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.415, -83.688.
The incident
- Size
- 155 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM EDT
- Contained
- March 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM EDT
- Controlled
- March 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM EDT
- Declared out
- March 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human, Arson, Hot set
- Location
- 4 miles south of Booneville
- County
- Owsley County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Booneville
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-KYKYS-251891049
- IRWIN identifier
- 8AF0C1EC-8078-491C-AA98-B565C00917EA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Booneville, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-KYKYS-251891049.