Garden County, Nebraska · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
642,029 acres
Aug 17, 12:01 PM
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— |
| Containment | — |
100%
Aug 17, 12:01 PM
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— |
| Crew size | — |
195
Aug 17, 12:01 PM
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— |
| Money spent | — |
$8.6M
Aug 17, 12:01 PM
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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 5 months ago. About 195 people are on it.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, August 4th at 1:00 p.m. CDT.
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
Tonight
52°F · Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 10 mph E · 46% chance of rain
Wednesday
77°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 10 mph ESE · 50% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
55°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 5 to 10 mph SSE · 3% chance of rain
Thursday
88°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph S · 2% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, August 4th at 2:02 p.m. CDT.
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.
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