Natick Fire
The Natick Fire was reported on May 3, 2023 in Thomas County, Nebraska and burned 1,849 acres. It was declared out on June 6, 2023.
- Size
- 1,849 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 3, 2023
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped February 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM CST, 1,849 acres (gps-unknown travel method). Point of origin 41.882, -100.404.
The incident
- Size
- 1,849 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 3, 2023 at 3:20 PM CDT
- Contained
- May 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- May 10, 2023 at 4:45 PM CDT
- Declared out
- June 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 miles southeast of Thedford, NE.
- County
- Thomas County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Thedford, NE
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NENBF-230238
- IRWIN identifier
- D5C39205-707C-4F2E-A15A-F40E3D646E2B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Thedford, NE covers the area today.
Nearby
- Thedford, NE11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Broken Bow, NE52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ainsworth, NE54 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- North Platte, NE56 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sutherland, NE62 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Burwell, NE66 miles east 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 June 26, 2026 at 12:40 PM CDT. Identifier 2023-NENBF-230238.