Houston Fire Department Wildland Division

09/11/2026

09/07/2026

09/03/2026

9/1: More degradations across the South-Central US (flash drought), including large areas of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama. Western Kentucky/Tennessee too. The North Dakota/South Dakota/Minnesota border area and Northeast also worsened.

Improvements in Colorado/Wyoming into the High Plains. Florida and a few other scattered areas in the East too.

's Footprint: 49.5% of the USA
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09/03/2026

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

Houston Fire Department Wildland Division continues to support wildfire response efforts in the State as they are currently responding to several fires in Region 7 in West Texas.

09/03/2026

Wildfire Update - September 2, 2026, 8:00 PM

Texas A&M Forest Service wildland firefighters and all assigned resources continue suppression efforts on wildfires burning across the state, including the 90,048 acre Ross Fire in Palo Pinto County and the 2,713-acre Rio Escondido Fire in Hamilton County. The 4,416 acre McKee Draw Fire in Edwards County and the 431 acre River Bluff Fire in Atascosa County were declared contained Monday evening. The 826 acre Harris Fire in Throckmorton County and the 961 acre West Fork Fire in Sutton County were declared contained today.

Today, the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard continued to weaken and spin in North and Central Texas. There was a forecast increase in relative humidity, rain, and cloud cover that was expected to mitigate the risk of a large fire. Our personnel remain on standby to respond to new requests for assistance statewide.

Stay wildfire aware! If you see smoke or a wildfire, call 911 immediately.
Active Fire Map: https://public.tfswildfires.com
Incident Updates on X: https://x.com/AllHazardsTFS
Additional Updates on InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/

📸 Photos courtesy of S. Davis (Rusk 7945 Fire), Texas A&M Forest Service. See less

08/31/2026

IMPORTANT REMINDER that the fire risk today and over the next 7-10 days will be VERY HIGH across the Southern Plains! Dangerous fire weather conditions are becoming increasingly possible across the Southern Plains from today through at least next weekend. Persistent heat and dry weather will continue to worsen drought conditions and dry out vegetation across the region. Temperatures will remain above normal across the region with humidity falling to around 15-20% each day. Sustained southerly winds of 15-20 mph, with days of higher winds mixed in, could combine with very dry fuels to support rapid wildfire growth. Any fires that ignite could spread quickly and become difficult to contain. Do your part to prevent fires - most areas are in burn bans - and have a go bag ready to evacuate. NEVER LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND🔥

08/31/2026

Incident Information - Texas A&M Forest Service

The Texas Fire Potential Update is posted at: https://bit.ly/TexasFirePotentialUpdate

Through the outlook, potential impacts from a tropical system in the Gulf will create a complex fire environment. Portions of southeastern Texas could observe improve fuel dryness and limited fire danger, while regions west and north of the projected path have low probability of developing widespread elevated to critical fire weather. Increased winds are likely along and north of I-20 in Northeast Texas, North Texas, and Cross Timbers and could result in increased fire potential in dry to critically dry surface fuel, though increased clouds and increased surface moisture may promote low potential for a large fire with high resistance to control. This could change as forecast guidance becomes clearer.

The fire environment for the High Plains, Rolling Plains, Eastern Hill Country, Central Texas, South Texas, and Lower Gulf Coast will continue to support moderate potential where rainfall deficits and dry to critically dry surface fuels are present and forecast to persist. The Western Hill Country will continue to support low initial attack potential as underlying dryness persists. Increased afternoon wind speeds that will linger in the evening could cause moderate resistance to control in high-risk juniper fuels.

The fire environment will gradually improve for Western Pineywoods, Southeast Texas, Upper Gulf Coast, and portions of Central Texas as a tropical system in the gulf will increase precipitation chances, moisten surface fuels, and the lack of elevated fire weather will limit volume of initial attack potential.

On Friday, the Sub-Tropical Ridge reamplifies aloft, and limits precipitation chances. Hot dry conditions return dry surface fuels and regions that don’t receive precipitation from the tropical system could experience a return to moderate to high volume initial attack potential.

08/31/2026

McKee Draw Wildfire