Birch Fire
The Birch Fire was reported on March 19, 2025 in Shannon County, Missouri and burned 175 acres. It was declared out on April 7, 2025.
- Size
- 175 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeter mapped May 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM CDT, 220 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 36.923, -91.503.
The incident
- Size
- 175 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM CDT
- Declared out
- April 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 8 miles South of Birch Tree, MO
- County
- Shannon County
- State
- Missouri
- Nearest city reported
- Birch Tree
- Protecting agency
- DOC
- Jurisdiction
- DOC
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MOMOS-000240
- IRWIN identifier
- F58FD89B-8517-4017-83E0-A79486FE01ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Birch Tree, MO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Birch Tree, MO5 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Winona, MO12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mountain View, MO12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- West Plains, MO24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Willow Springs, MO26 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Thayer, MO28 miles south 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 May 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-MOMOS-000240.