Smokey Fire
The Smokey Fire was reported on September 13, 2022 in Banner County, Nebraska and burned 4,348 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,348 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2022
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 3,869 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 41.641, -103.479.
The incident
- Size
- 4,348 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 13, 2022 at 3:45 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 8 miles SSW McGrew, NE
- County
- Banner County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Harrisburg
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NENES-220738
- IRWIN identifier
- 20D9F724-92BF-411F-9CE6-D1B02899E29A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bayard, NE covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bayard, NE11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gering, NE16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Terrytown, NE17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Scottsbluff, NE18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bridgeport, NE20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Mitchell, NE27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 September 19, 2022 at 2:58 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NENES-220738.