Sandy Fire
The Sandy Fire was reported on May 14, 2026 in Sioux County, Nebraska and burned 425 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 425 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2026
- Personnel
- 3
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
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 42.401, -104.009.
The incident
- Size
- 425 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 21 Miles S from Harrison, NE
- County
- Sioux County
- State
- Nebraska
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Area Command, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $45,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NENES-260415
- IRWIN identifier
- 8FE98780-8F27-4F32-80CA-A0FE057DE166
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Harrison, NE covers the area today.
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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 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NENES-260415.