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2 active wildfires burning 3,025 acres in Texas right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.
Texas currently has 2 active wildfires burning a combined 3,025 acres. One of them is a large incident of 1,000+ acres, all of them at or above 50%. The biggest is the Bufford Creek fire in Stephens County at 3,025 acres, 90% contained. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 3 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 33).
Bold outline: Texas boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 11:35AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Harper; Woods; Alfalfa; Grant; Kay; Ellis; Woodward; Major; Garfield; Noble; Roger Mills; Dewey; Custer; Blaine; Kingfisher; Logan; Payne; Beckham; Washita; Cad…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 5:09AM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX
Montague; Cooke; Grayson; Fannin; Lamar; Jack; Wise; Denton; Collin; Hunt; Delta; Hopkins; Palo Pinto; Parker; Tarrant; Dallas; Rockwall; Kaufman; Johnson; Elli…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 5:05AM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Amarillo TX
Texas; Beaver; Hansford; Ochiltree; Lipscomb; Hutchinson; Roberts; Hemphill; Wheeler; Collingsworth; Palo Duro Canyon
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 225K acres have burned in Texas, 58% of the 386K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bufford Creek Fire | Stephens | 3,025 acres | 90% | 37 min ago |
| Wilson Fire | Shelby | 0.1 acres | - | 23 hours ago |
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 2,149 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Texas averaged 478K acres burned and 1,303 fires per year. That is 108% up in acreage and 77% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
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