2026 McCreary County, Kentucky Wildfires

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0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
2 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 vs same period last year
1,236 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,236 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in McCreary County

Apr 12 Started 1,100 acres About the size of Lincoln Park Ste -Alum Fire
Mar 14 Started 136 acres 105 football fields Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire

Largest wildfires in McCreary County this season

1,100 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Ste -Alum Fire Whitley City
136 Acres 105 football fields Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire Stearns

All 2026 McCreary County Fires · 2 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in McCreary County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in McCreary County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into McCreary County is listed too, at its McCreary County acres, and is not added to the McCreary County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so McCreary County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Ste -Alum Fire Apr 12, 2026 93% Inactive 1,100 36.7581, -84.5262 36.7580, -84.5327
Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire Mar 14, 2026 Inactive 136 36.6266, -84.5216 36.6270, -84.5221
Totals 2026 Season Fires 2 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 1,236

Land cover · McCreary County 2026

Burned acres in McCreary County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in McCreary County % of burned % of McCreary County
Forest 1,213 98.1% 91.1%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.1%
Grassland 0 0.0% 3.9%
Other 24 1.9% 4.9%
Measured acres in McCreary County 1,237
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in McCreary County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Ste -Alum Fire 1,100 1,100 1,081 0 0 19 0
Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire 136 137 132 0 0 5 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 2 1,236
Offered to measurement 2 1,236
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 2 1,236
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside McCreary County 0 0
Measured acres in McCreary County 2 1,237
Measured acres outside McCreary County 0
Whole perimeter acres 1,237
Reported minus measured -1
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · McCreary County 2026

Burned forest acres in McCreary County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in McCreary County % of burned forest % of McCreary County's forestland
Public 1,198 98.8% 83.3%
Federal 1,198 98.8% 82.3%
State 0 0.0% 1.0%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 0 0.0% 16.7%
Family 0 0.0% 15.0%
Corporate 0 0.0% 0.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 1.6%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 15 1.2%
Burned forest in McCreary County 1,213
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in McCreary County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Ste -Alum Fire 1,081 1,069 0 0 0 0 12
Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire 132 129 0 0 0 0 3

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 5,454 1,213
Land cover Forest cells 5,454 1,213
Equal 5,454

Search Fires

🔥 Ste -Alum Fire 2026
Started: Apr 12 1,100 acre 93% contained
🔥 Bsp -Fy26 Biso Rx -Newtie King Fire 2026
Started: Mar 14 136 acre