Eureka Fire
The Eureka Fire was reported on February 27, 2025 in Custer County, Nebraska and burned 4,800 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,800 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 27, 2025
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 41.511, -99.959.
The incident
- Size
- 4,800 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles WNW of Merna, NE
- County
- Custer County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Merna, NE
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $484,164
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NENES-250160
- IRWIN identifier
- FC0A5F88-05DC-41E7-A9BE-84B31808BE49
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arnold, NE covers the area today.
Nearby
- Arnold, NE14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Broken Bow, NE18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Gothenburg, NE41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cozad, NE45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Burwell, NE47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- North Platte, NE50 miles southwest 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 28, 2026 at 5:12 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-NENES-250160.