Carter Canyon Fire
The Carter Canyon Fire was reported on July 30, 2022 in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and burned 15,592 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 15,592 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2022
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeter mapped July 30, 2022 at 11:30 PM MDT, 15,592 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 41.763, -103.760.
The incident
- Size
- 15,592 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2022 at 2:02 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 miles southwest of Gering, NE
- County
- Scotts Bluff County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Gering
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NENES-220540
- IRWIN identifier
- 4C34AB88-4E7A-4027-9096-88FC26E43D6F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gering, NE covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NENES-220540.