Ben Howard Branch Fire
The Ben Howard Branch Fire was reported on March 26, 2026 in Bell County, Kentucky and burned 195 acres. It was fully contained on March 27, 2026.
- Size
- 195 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 26, 2026
- Personnel
- 10
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.860, -83.525.
The incident
- Size
- 195 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM EDT
- Contained
- March 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM EDT
- Controlled
- March 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 11 Miles NE from Pineville, KY
- County
- Bell County
- State
- Kentucky
- Nearest city reported
- Pineville
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $29,750
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-KYKYS-260131665
- IRWIN identifier
- 74DAB97F-00BA-4032-80D1-214CF0D6D48B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for South Wallins, KY covers the area today.
Nearby
- South Wallins, KY7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Harlan, KY11 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Pineville, KY12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Barbourville, KY20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Middlesboro, KY20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Harrogate, TN21 miles south 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 May 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-KYKYS-260131665.