Mailbox Fire
The Mailbox Fire was reported on July 6, 2026 in Baker County, Florida and burned 409 acres. It was declared out on September 23, 2026.
- Size
- 409 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2026
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped July 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM EDT, 334 acres (digitized-other). Point of origin 30.339, -82.314.
The incident
- Size
- 409 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM EDT
- Contained
- July 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- July 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM EDT
- Declared out
- September 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 Miles S from Taylor, FL
- County
- Baker County
- State
- Florida
- Nearest city reported
- Sanderson
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,575,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-FLFNF-002135
- IRWIN identifier
- C69CEB41-879D-46B8-8A90-D0CBEA640674
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 7, 2026 (101 acres) to August 12, 2026 (334 acres). The largest one-day growth was 176 acres, mapped July 9, 2026.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 7, 2026 | 101 | |
| July 8, 2026 | 108 | +7 |
| July 9, 2026 | 284 | +176 |
| July 10, 2026 | 306 | +22 |
| July 14, 2026 | 332 | +26 |
| August 12, 2026 | 334 | +2 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Macclenny, FL covers the area today.
Nearby
- Macclenny, FL12 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Baldwin, FL20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Watertown, FL21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Five Points, FL21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake Butler, FL22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lake City, FL22 miles southwest 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 September 24, 2026 at 9:17 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-FLFNF-002135.