Lillian Fire
The Lillian Fire was reported on February 27, 2025 in Custer County, Nebraska and burned 870 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 870 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 27, 2025
- Personnel
- 11
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 41.513, -99.687.
The incident
- Size
- 870 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Near Merna, NE
- County
- Custer County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Merna, NE
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- 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-250164
- IRWIN identifier
- CC2BB152-2D2C-4B03-A632-3537BCCEB801
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Broken Bow, NE covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 10:01 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-NENES-250164.