2026 Nebraska Wildfires
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All 2026 Nebraska Fires · 27 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Nebraska. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in Nebraska, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Nebraska is listed too, at its Nebraska acres, and is not added to the Nebraska fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morriel Fire | Keith | Mar 13, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 642,029 | 41.6410, -102.2830 | 41.0836, -101.7582 |
| Cottonwood Fire | Lincoln | Mar 15, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 129,253 | 40.8376, -100.3417 | 40.8719, -100.4329 |
| South Fork Fire | Sioux | Jun 9, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 39,696 | 42.6940, -103.5550 | 42.6592, -103.6383 |
| Ashby Fire | Grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 36,004 | 41.9394, -101.9953 | 42.0219, -101.9278 |
| Road 203 Fire | Thomas | Mar 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 35,892 | 41.8239, -100.3124 | 41.8466, -100.4097 |
| Anderson Bridge Fire | Cherry | Mar 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 17,229 | 42.7437, -100.8996 | 42.8024, -100.9613 |
| Minor Fire | Grant | Mar 26, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 14,082 | 41.8714, -101.8010 | 42.0012, -101.7608 |
| Log Road Fire | Sioux | Jun 29, 2026 | 81% | Inactive | 1,526 | 42.7652, -103.6249 | 42.7795, -103.5860 |
| Bertrand Fire | Phelps | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1,200 | 40.4969, -99.6072 | 40.4967, -99.6157 |
| Ash Pole Fire | Dawes | May 14, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1,028 | 42.6263, -103.2346 | 42.6387, -103.0966 |
| Andrews Fire | Cherry | Apr 23, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 570 | 42.7496, -101.0014 | 42.7586, -100.0040 |
| Curry Timber Fire | Nemaha | Mar 27, 2026 | 88% | Inactive | 138 | 40.4810, -95.7183 | 40.4828, -95.7234 |
| Grizzly Bear Fire | Dawes | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 75 | 42.6329, -103.1133 | 42.6288, -103.2241 |
| Cedar Draw Fire | Knox | Apr 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 56 | 42.7492, -97.8687 | — |
| Bia 10-26 Fire | Thurston | Mar 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 36 | 42.1220, -96.4130 | — |
| Corkscrew Fire | Sioux | Jul 10, 2026 | — | Inactive | 30 | 42.5649, -103.5944 | 42.5581, -103.5981 |
| Clay Creek Fire | Dawes | May 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 42.5815, -103.3405 | 42.6151, -103.3415 |
| High Point Fire | Dawes | Jul 6, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 42.7521, -102.7858 | 42.7506, -102.7816 |
| Canyon Fire | Sioux | May 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 42.7845, -103.6467 | 42.7794, -103.6578 |
| Highland Fire | Sioux | Jun 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 42.7138, -103.7625 | 42.7704, -103.7811 |
| Pre Cinco Fire | Dawes | May 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 3 | 42.7644, -102.8513 | 32.0000, -48.0000 |
| Crown Butte Fire | Dawes | Aug 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 42.6571, -103.2997 | 42.6678, -103.2847 |
| J Ave Fire | Thurston | Jun 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 42.1494, -96.3699 | — |
| Macy Bottom Fire | Thurston | Jun 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 42.1183, -96.3161 | — |
| 9 Mile Fire | Knox | Jul 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 42.8062, -97.8617 | — |
| North Main Fire | Thurston | Jun 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 42.1345, -96.3559 | — |
| Ridge Creek Fire | Thurston | Apr 8, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 42.2387, -96.4679 | — |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 27 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 918,874 |
Land cover · Nebraska 2026
Burned acres in Nebraska 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.
Forest ownership · Nebraska 2026
Burned forest acres in Nebraska 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.
Burn severity · Nebraska 2026
Burned acres in Nebraska for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.