KYS - Horse Lick Fire

Jackson County, Kentucky · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 26, 2026 (about 2 hours ago)

First reported about 6 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	—	5 acres Aug 26, 12:00 PM	—
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

KYS - Horse Lick Fire summary

The KYS - Horse Lick Fire is a wildfire near Jackson County, Kentucky. It has burned about 5 acres (about 4 football fields). It was first reported about 6 months ago.

Size: 5 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: March 6, 2026 (first reported about 6 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, August 26th at 12:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

This Afternoon

87°F · Partly Sunny

Wind 3 mph SW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

64°F · Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog

Wind 2 mph WSW · 10% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Thursday

87°F · Patchy Fog then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 3 mph WSW · 45% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Some rain

Thursday Night

62°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 2 mph NW · 57% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely

Friday

86°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 2 mph NNE · 8% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, August 26th at 12:08 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to KYS - Horse Lick Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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