Morrill Fire (Nebraska)
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Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 15 Miles NE from Bridgeport, NE
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 195
- Complexity
- Type 1 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Backing
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Spanning 642,029 acres across Garden County, the human-caused Morrill Fire near Bridgeport, Nebraska, has been burning for 132 days with an average daily growth of roughly 4,864 acres per day. Fire behavior is currently minimal, smoldering, and backing across private timber consisting of grass and understory.
A Type 1 Incident management team of 195 personnel has successfully brought the blaze to 100 percent containment, accumulating a total suppression cost of $8,621,175 since the fire started on March 13, 2026.
In context
This wildfire burned in Nebraska for 144 days. In total it burned about 642,029 acres — around 2,598 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 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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