Poor Farm Road Fire
The Poor Farm Road Fire was reported on March 1, 2025 in Mercer County, New Jersey and burned 293 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 293 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 10
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 40.353, -74.823.
The incident
- Size
- 293 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM EST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Area of Poor Farm Road and Woosamonsa Road
- County
- Mercer County
- State
- New Jersey
- Nearest city reported
- Hopewell Township
- Protecting agency
- FFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NJNJS-000084
- IRWIN identifier
- 29FFDBA4-5AC6-49D1-AB22-C838392C2DC0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pennington, NJ covers the area today.
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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 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM EST. Identifier 2025-NJNJS-000084.