Chipmunk Fire
The Chipmunk Fire was reported on August 20, 2026 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and burned 17,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2026
- Personnel
- 11
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped August 31, 2026 at 12:54 PM EDT, 17,955 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 25.545, -80.837.
The incident
- Size
- 17,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 15 Miles W from Homestead, FL
- County
- Miami-Dade County
- State
- Florida
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-FLEVP-002565
- IRWIN identifier
- 961F6E41-B910-4A84-BE8D-ACAEB538FC56
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 25, 2026 (17,990 acres) to August 31, 2026 (17,955 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2026 | 17,990 | |
| August 31, 2026 | 17,955 | -35 |
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 5 mph from the southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 65%
- High of 87°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 0.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 1:00 PM EDT 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 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-FLEVP-002565.