Bronson Fire
The Bronson Fire was reported on March 28, 2026 in Woodbury County, Iowa and burned 3,500 acres. It was declared out on March 30, 2026.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped April 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM CDT, 3,500 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 42.387, -96.201.
The incident
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM CDT
- Contained
- March 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- March 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- March 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 2 Miles SE from Bronson, MO
- County
- Woodbury County
- State
- Iowa
- Nearest city reported
- Bronson, IA
- Protecting agency
- DNR
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-IAIAS-000295
- IRWIN identifier
- AE24F076-6918-458D-AC31-5C0CBB7D708D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lawton, IA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lawton, IA6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Sergeant Bluff, IA8 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Moville, IA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Dakota City, NE11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- South Sioux City, NE12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sioux City, IA13 miles northwest 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 May 5, 2026 at 12:26 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-IAIAS-000295.