Tucker Fire
The Tucker Fire was reported on April 24, 2026 in Hooker County, Nebraska and burned 1,100 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 24, 2026
- Personnel
- 60
Map
Perimeter mapped April 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM MDT, 1,100 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 41.801, -101.250.
The incident
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 Miles SW from Mullen, NE
- County
- Hooker County
- State
- Nebraska
- Nearest city reported
- Mullen
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 60
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-NENES-260302
- IRWIN identifier
- 275D0BBA-4A8F-49C1-ABEE-E1144049A864
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mullen, NE covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mullen, NE20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sutherland, NE45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ogallala, NE52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- North Platte, NE53 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Grant, NE71 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Julesburg, CO77 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 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-NENES-260302.