Morrill Fire

Garden County, Nebraska · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Jul 21, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

First reported about 6 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	—	642,029 acres Sep 5, 12:00 PM	—
Containment	—	100% Sep 5, 12:00 PM	—
Crew size	—	195 Sep 5, 12:00 PM	—
Money spent	—	$8.6M Sep 5, 12:00 PM	—

Morrill Fire summary

The Morrill Fire is a wildfire near Garden County, Nebraska. It has burned about 642,029 acres (about 486,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 6 months ago. About 195 people are on it.

Size: 642,029 acres
Containment: 100%
Discovered: March 13, 2026 (first reported about 6 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 4th at 1:00 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

72°F · Mostly Cloudy

Wind 10 to 15 mph NE · 6% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Tonight

52°F · Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 0 to 10 mph E · 46% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Wednesday

77°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Patchy Smoke

Wind 5 to 10 mph ESE · 50% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Rain likely

Wednesday Night

55°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 to 10 mph SSE · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Thursday

88°F · Sunny

Wind 5 to 15 mph S · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 4th at 2:02 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 195 people are assigned to this fire. The government rates it a Type 1 Incident (the highest complexity level). About $9 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

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 Morrill Fire

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

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