2026 Phelps County, Missouri Wildfires

United StatesMissouri › Phelps County

0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
2 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 vs same period last year
1,097 2026 Season Acres ▲ +1,097 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Phelps County

Feb 26 Started 1 acres 1 football fields 3 Mile Fire
Feb 19 Started 1,096 acres About the size of Lincoln Park Western Star Rx Fire

Largest wildfires in Phelps County this season

1,096 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park Western Star Rx Fire Doolittle
1 Acres 1 football fields 3 Mile Fire Doolittle

All 2026 Phelps County Fires · 2 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Phelps 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 Phelps County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Phelps County is listed too, at its Phelps County acres, and is not added to the Phelps County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Phelps 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
Western Star Rx Fire Feb 19, 2026 Inactive 1,096 37.8570, -91.9757 37.8600, -91.9716
3 Mile Fire Feb 26, 2026 Inactive 1 37.8784, -91.9652 37.8754, -91.9642
Totals 2026 Season Fires 2 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 1,097

Land cover · Phelps County 2026

Burned acres in Phelps 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 Phelps County % of burned % of Phelps County
Forest 1,058 96.6% 67.6%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Grassland 2 0.2% 26.1%
Other 35 3.2% 6.3%
Measured acres in Phelps County 1,095
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Phelps County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Western Star Rx Fire 1,096 1,094 1,057 0 2 34 0
3 Mile Fire 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 2 1,097
Offered to measurement 2 1,097
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 2 1,097
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Phelps County 0 0
Measured acres in Phelps County 2 1,095
Measured acres outside Phelps County 0
Whole perimeter acres 1,095
Reported minus measured 2
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Phelps County 2026

Burned forest acres in Phelps 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 Phelps County % of burned forest % of Phelps County's forestland
Public 1,037 98.0% 24.2%
Federal 1,037 98.0% 23.2%
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% 75.8%
Family 0 0.0% 67.2%
Corporate 0 0.0% 8.6%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 21 2.0%
Burned forest in Phelps County 1,058
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Phelps County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Western Star Rx Fire 1,057 1,036 0 0 0 0 21
3 Mile Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 4,756 1,058
Land cover Forest cells 4,756 1,058
Equal 4,756

Search Fires

🔥 3 Mile Fire 2026
Started: Feb 26 1 acre
🔥 Western Star Rx Fire 2026
Started: Feb 19 1,096 acre