Ashby Fire
The Ashby Fire was reported on March 26, 2026 in Grant County, Nebraska and burned 36,004 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 36,004 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 26, 2026
- Personnel
- 83
Map
Perimeter mapped March 27, 2026 at 4:28 PM MDT, 36,005 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 42.022, -101.928.
The incident
- Size
- 36,004 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 26, 2026 at 6:25 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles N from Ashby, NE
- County
- Grant County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Ashby
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 83
- Incident management
- Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NENES-260194
- IRWIN identifier
- A6ACD8BA-2835-4F1A-847C-C8FCBCAB11C0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 26, 2026 (37,150 acres) to April 2, 2026 (36,005 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 26, 2026 | 37,150 | |
| March 27, 2026 | 36,194 | -956 |
| March 28, 2026 | 36,005 | -189 |
| April 2, 2026 | 36,005 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hyannis, 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 April 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NENES-260194.