Dry weather leads to multiple area vegetation fires

Lang
2/18/26

The recent dry conditions have led to multiple field fires around the area.

Johnson County dispatch records show various agencies responded to fires on Tuesday on the 5100 Block of Rapid Creek Rd NE north of Iowa City, the 100 Block of Iowa River Landing Place in Coralville, and on the 3300 Block of Black Hawk Avenue near Oxford, along with multiple other field fires in surrounding counties.

A Red Flag Warning was issued for Wednesday by the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. We’ll have an updated forecast from our partners at severestudios.com at the end of this newscast.