Highway 83 Fire
The Highway 83 Fire was reported on November 4, 2025 in Cherry County, Nebraska and burned 432 acres. It was fully contained on November 5, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 432 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 4, 2025
- Personnel
- 6
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 42.136, -100.537.
The incident
- Size
- 432 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM CST
- Contained
- November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles N from Thedford, NE
- County
- Cherry County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Thedford
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NENES-251203
- IRWIN identifier
- 5C24475F-6A8D-42D7-87B3-8C086456EB48
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 south of the fire’s origin
- Ainsworth, NE45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Valentine, NE51 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Broken Bow, NE69 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- North Platte, NE71 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sutherland, NE74 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 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM CDT. Identifier 2025-NENES-251203.