6 Mile Unit 3 RX
The 6 Mile Unit 3 RX was reported on September 11, 2026 in Oscoda County, Michigan and has burned 279 acres.
- Size
- 279 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 11, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 44.652, -83.934.
The incident
- Size
- 279 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Oscoda County
- State
- Michigan
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MIHMF-260044
- IRWIN identifier
- 1B01F672-3536-4F8A-8373-3F39A2DBAAE2
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the northeast
- Relative humidity as low as 51%
- High of 60°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0 µg/m³ around Tue, 3:00 AM EDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Mio, MI10 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hubbard Lake, MI21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lewiston, MI24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sand Lake, MI26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- West Branch, MI30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Saint Helen, MI31 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 September 18, 2026 at 8:18 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-MIHMF-260044.