Bowling Fork 2 Fire

Active

Pike County, Kentucky · Discovered November 3, 2026

78 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 29 hours ago

Current situation

Bowling Fork 2 Fire

Fully contained
Wind
6 mph NE
Air quality · Good
AQI 38

The Bowling Fork 2 Fire fire has burned 78 acres in Pike County, Kentucky. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 6 mph toward the NE, with gusts to 9 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 38).

Bowling Fork 2 Fire size over time

9 official size readings

Grew from 3 to 78 acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Grew 36 acres in 16 hours to 75 acres

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026
  2. Containment rose to 100%

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026
  3. Grew 36 acres in 7 hours to 39 acres

    7 days ago · November 4, 2026
  4. Fire reported 100% contained

    7 days ago · November 4, 2026
  5. Containment rose to 70%

    7 days ago · November 4, 2026
  6. Containment rose to 30%

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026
  7. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 3 acres

    7 days ago · November 3, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
11/8/2026, 8:52:05 PM78 acres100%
11/6/2026, 8:55:35 PM76 acres100%
11/4/2026, 7:12:35 PM75 acres100%
11/4/2026, 4:52:34 PM44 acres100%
11/4/2026, 2:53:32 AM39 acres100%
11/4/2026, 2:00:36 AM10 acres70%
11/4/2026, 12:26:30 AM5.0 acres50%
11/3/2026, 11:16:27 PM3.0 acres30%
11/3/2026, 7:46:26 PM3.0 acres0%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.