Rock Creek Fire
The Rock Creek Fire was reported on April 11, 2023 in Jefferson County, Nebraska and burned 1,800 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2023
- Personnel
- 86
Map
Perimeter mapped April 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM CDT, 2,600 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 40.117, -97.063.
The incident
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2023 at 11:00 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Steele City, NE
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Fairbury
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 86
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $290,238
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NENES-230158
- IRWIN identifier
- 200404FA-BEC6-4491-9877-55FF67A90ED8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairbury, 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 April 21, 2023 at 4:31 PM CDT. Identifier 2023-NENES-230158.