Western Branch Fire
The Western Branch Fire was reported on October 1, 2025 in Liberty County, Florida and burned 309 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 309 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 30
Map
Perimeter mapped October 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM EDT, 299 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 30.290, -84.861.
The incident
- Size
- 309 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 3 Miles S from Hosford, FL
- County
- Liberty County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 30
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $760,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-FLFNF-002744
- IRWIN identifier
- 1155CE3B-B872-4626-B8AB-208E67249999
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from October 2, 2025 (298 acres) to December 9, 2025 (299 acres). The largest one-day growth was 11 acres, mapped October 3, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2025 | 298 | |
| October 3, 2025 | 309 | +11 |
| December 9, 2025 | 299 | -10 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hosford, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hosford, FL8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Blountstown, FL15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wewahitchka, FL24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Gretna, FL26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Quincy, FL26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Midway, FL28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM EST. Identifier 2025-FLFNF-002744.