RED - Whoopflarea Fire
The RED - Whoopflarea Fire was reported on April 19, 2025 in Owsley County, Kentucky and burned 117 acres. It was declared out on April 25, 2025.
- Size
- 117 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 19, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped October 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM EDT, 83 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 37.279, -83.562.
The incident
- Size
- 117 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM EDT
- Contained
- April 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- April 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Cherry Tree Knob
- County
- Owsley County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Missletow
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $45,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-KYDBF-250136
- IRWIN identifier
- 70F534EA-AF4C-4C24-92B8-EAE976318968
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hyden, 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 October 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-KYDBF-250136.