Big Island Fire
The Big Island Fire was reported on March 17, 2025 in Green Lake County, Wisconsin and burned 811 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 811 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 17, 2025
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeter mapped March 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM CDT, 811 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 43.923, -89.075.
The incident
- Size
- 811 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- . Seven miles southwest of Berlin, W
- County
- Green Lake County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Jurisdiction
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WIWIS-FIRE123252
- IRWIN identifier
- 2F26579E-7210-4161-BAC2-FF3CC77CFC50
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 17, 2025 (580 acres) to June 2, 2025 (811 acres). The largest one-day growth was 224 acres, mapped March 18, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 17, 2025 | 580 | |
| March 18, 2025 | 804 | +224 |
| March 19, 2025 | 804 | 0 |
| March 20, 2025 | 785 | -19 |
| April 14, 2025 | 811 | +26 |
| June 2, 2025 | 811 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Princeton, WI covers the area today.
Nearby
- Princeton, WI5 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Berlin, WI7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Redgranite, WI8 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Silver Lake, WI12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ripon, WI13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mount Morris, WI14 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 April 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-WIWIS-FIRE123252.