River Fire
The River Fire was reported on May 15, 2026 in Morton County, Kansas and burned 600 acres. It was fully contained on May 15, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 600 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- May 15, 2026
- Personnel
- 4
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 May 15, 2026 at 7:57 AM CDT, 600 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 37.220, -101.627.
The incident
- Size
- 600 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- May 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM CDT
- Contained
- May 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 7 Miles N from Rolla, KS
- County
- Morton County
- State
- Kansas
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-KSMTX-000672
- IRWIN identifier
- 5AE4EE1F-9C00-43CA-B8CF-985AFCE3934B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hugoton, KS covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 July 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-KSMTX-000672.