Prairie Fires Fire
The Prairie Fires Fire was reported on April 1, 2026 in Christian County, Missouri and burned 127 acres. It was declared out on April 10, 2026.
- Size
- 127 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 1, 2026
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeter mapped May 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM CDT, 127 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 36.843, -92.999.
The incident
- Size
- 127 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM CDT
- Declared out
- April 10, 2026 at 11:26 AM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 25 Miles SW from Ava, MO
- County
- Christian County
- State
- Missouri
- Nearest city reported
- Ava, MO
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- 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-000294
- IRWIN identifier
- C47601AF-0574-4DF9-B6CD-A37DF21C03E9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Kissee Mills, MO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Kissee Mills, MO11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sparta, MO12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Merriam Woods, MO13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Forsyth, MO13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ozark, MO17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Branson, MO18 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 May 29, 2026 at 11:10 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-MOMTF-000294.