Started on Sep 4, 2026.
United States todayLive
Yesterday's image: fire shows in orange and red. NASA MODIS
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- Ellis County
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Jurisdiction
- SFS · Private land
Burning across 653 acres of private land in Ellis, Texas, the active Alma Fire has reached 90 percent containment under the management of SFS and a Type 4 Incident response. Satellites have registered four heat detections in the past 48 hours, tracking the lingering footprint of the blaze through short grass fuels standing one foot tall since it ignited on September 4, 2026.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader wildfire landscape reveals that 3,177,542 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 42 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 1 day. In total it burned about 653 acres — around 2.6 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,404,331 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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