Buck Fire
The Buck Fire was reported on February 28, 2026 in Wright County, Missouri and burned 330 acres. It was declared out on March 24, 2026.
- Size
- 330 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 28, 2026
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped April 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM CDT, 330 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 37.468, -92.303.
The incident
- Size
- 330 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 28, 2026 at 7:47 AM CST
- Contained
- February 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM CST
- Controlled
- March 24, 2026 at 12:54 PM CDT
- Declared out
- March 24, 2026 at 12:54 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 8 Miles SW from Roby, MO
- County
- Wright County
- State
- Missouri
- Nearest city reported
- Roby, MO
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MOMTF-000148
- IRWIN identifier
- 54D30F48-B4A1-4F17-9046-596A9BFB1FA3
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 9, 2026 (330 acres) to April 2, 2026 (330 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2026 | 330 | |
| April 2, 2026 | 330 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fort Leonard Wood, MO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fort Leonard Wood, MO18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Houston, MO21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Grove, MO23 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Licking, MO25 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lebanon, MO25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Waynesville, MO26 miles north 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 April 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-MOMTF-000148.