White Cliffs Fire

Active

Harlan County, Kentucky · Discovered November 1, 2026

30 acres

Size

90%

Contained

No growth

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 9 days ago

Current situation

White Cliffs Fire

Winding down

Air quality · Moderate

AQI 65

The White Cliffs Fire fire has burned 30 acres in Harlan County, Kentucky. Crews have reached 90% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 65).

White Cliffs Fire size over time

4 official size readings

Grew from 3 to 30 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.

Containment rose to 90%
9 days ago · November 2, 2026
Containment rose to 40%
9 days ago · November 1, 2026
Grew 27 acres in about an hour to 30 acres
9 days ago · November 1, 2026
Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 3 acres
9 days ago · November 1, 2026

Raw growth & containment readings

Recorded	Size	Contained
11/2/2026, 1:23:44 AM	30 acres	90%
11/1/2026, 10:03:44 PM	30 acres	40%
11/1/2026, 6:49:20 PM	30 acres	0%
11/1/2026, 6:28:03 PM	3.0 acres	0%

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.