Started on Mar 19, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 3 miles south of Telogia, FL
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 9 people
- Complexity
- Type 3 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Southern Rough
- How it's behaving
- MinimalCreeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.Smoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across Liberty County, Florida, the Mill Pond Fire near Telogia has maintained a steady trajectory over its remarkable 169-day lifespan, creeping across federal southern rough fuels at an approximate average daily growth rate of 10 acres per day. Despite burning 1,760 acres since it started on March 19, 2026, the human-caused wildfire has achieved full containment, with behavior currently characterized as minimal, creeping, and smoldering under the management of a Type 4 Incident Commander and Type 3 Incident.
Operations on the ground are supported by a modest team of nine personnel overseen by the USFS, reflecting the reduced activity level of the incident as it holds steady at 100 percent containment. The total suppression cost for the federal land incident has reached $1,374,283.
This fire occurs during a broader national landscape where 3,177,542 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 42 percent below the two-decade average, contrasting with the region's typical fire season which spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Florida for 174 days. In total it burned about 1,760 acres — around 7.1 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,331,321 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 39% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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