Tabor Fire
The Tabor Fire was reported on September 19, 2026 in Howell County, Missouri and has burned 150 acres. It is 4 percent contained.
- Size
- 150 acres
- Contained
- 4%
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026
- Personnel
- 5
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.777, -92.103.
The incident
- Size
- 150 acres
- Containment
- 4%
- Discovered
- September 19, 2026 at 2:05 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 Miles SW from Pamona, MO
- County
- Howell County
- State
- Missouri
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MOMTF-000368
- IRWIN identifier
- F1623A08-608E-4150-816C-C14A302C5867
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 8 mph from the west
- Relative humidity as low as 33%
- High of 95°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 drew medium smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 1 µg/m³ around Sun, 5:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Pomona, MO12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- West Plains, MO14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Willow Springs, MO17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cabool, MO24 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Grove, MO26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Mountain View, MO27 miles northeast 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 20, 2026 at 8:53 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-MOMTF-000368.