Packerton Fire
The Packerton Fire was reported on April 20, 2025 in Carbon County, Pennsylvania and burned 560 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 560 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2025
- Personnel
- 70
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 40.865, -75.723.
The incident
- Size
- 560 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- On Bear Mountain road aprox. 1/2 mile east of Jim Thorpe.
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Nearest city reported
- Jim Thorpe Borough
- Protecting agency
- FFP
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 70
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $580,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-PAPAS-000309
- IRWIN identifier
- 84ABFC4F-6E5C-4857-8E88-BB81F72DD048
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jim Thorpe, PA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jim Thorpe, PAUnder a mile northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lehighton, PA2 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Weissport East, PA3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Nesquehoning, PA5 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Palmerton, PA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Weatherly, PA8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Pennsylvania wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-PAPAS-000309.