Broken Handle A RX
The Broken Handle A RX was reported on March 20, 2026 in Williamson County, Illinois and has burned 112 acres.
- Size
- 112 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 20, 2026
Radar
Reflectivity now over Broken Handle A RX. Open it to see fires and the fire weather outlook on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.695, -89.109.
The incident
- Size
- 112 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 20, 2026 at 10:29 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Williamson County
- State
- Illinois
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-ILCOR-260306
- IRWIN identifier
- 2AC93F56-3E80-4F2C-BA54-CC67C6ED8588
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the west
- Relative humidity as low as 35%
- High of 96°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 2.3 µg/m³ around Sun, 8:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-ILCOR-260306.