Mailbox Fire

Baker County, Florida · Wildfire

Contained Official numbers updated Aug 26, 2026 (7 days ago)
First reported about 8 weeks ago
Metric Now
Size
409 acres
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
Containment
100%
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+10 percent
was 90% · Aug 13, 7:01 PM
Crew size
1
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
−4
was 5 · Aug 6, 5:00 PM
Money spent
$2.6M
Sep 2, 2:00 AM
+$400,000
was $2.2M · Aug 6, 5:00 PM

Mailbox Fire and other nearby fires

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Mailbox Fire summary

The Mailbox Fire is a wildfire near Baker County, Florida. It has burned about 409 acres (about 310 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 8 weeks ago. About 1 people are on it, run by a Type 3 Team. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.

Size
409 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
July 6, 2026 (first reported about 8 weeks ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 2nd at 2:00 a.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.

Overnight

72°F · Mostly Cloudy

Wind 2 mph NE · 5% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Wednesday

91°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Wind 2 to 10 mph NE · 57% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Rain likely

Wednesday Night

73°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 2 to 10 mph E · 40% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Thursday

91°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 2 to 9 mph E · 83% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Hot Rain likely

Thursday Night

72°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 0 to 8 mph SE · 33% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 2nd at 2:00 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 1 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 3 Team. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $3 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

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Nearby fires to Mailbox Fire

Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:

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