STR - Hayes Creek Fire
The STR - Hayes Creek Fire was reported on December 21, 2025 in McCreary County, Kentucky and burned 130 acres. It was declared out on January 6, 2026.
- Size
- 130 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 21, 2025
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM EST, 140 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.613, -84.348.
The incident
- Size
- 130 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM EST
- Contained
- December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST
- Controlled
- January 5, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- January 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles E from Strunk, KY
- County
- McCreary County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Strunk
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-KYDBF-250325
- IRWIN identifier
- 39C23B7B-1A5C-48CA-B90A-3B590D782E57
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pine Knot, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pine Knot, KY6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Stearns, KY9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whitley City, KY10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Oneida, TN12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Jellico, TN12 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Williamsburg, KY14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Kentucky 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 January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM EST. Identifier 2025-KYDBF-250325.