Started on Aug 3, 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
- 9 miles east of Jacksboro, TX
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 25 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- How it's behaving
- ModerateSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
- Jurisdiction
- SFS · Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning through tall grass averaging 2.5 feet in height, the active Bear Hallow Fire has scorched 906 acres in Jack County, Texas, located nine miles east of Jacksboro. Having burned for two days since its human-caused start on August 3, 2026, the incident has expanded at an approximate average daily growth rate of 453 acres per day. Fire behavior is currently characterized as moderate and creeping. Satellites are picking up five heat signatures nearby over the last 48 hours, illustrating the local spread of the incident across private land.
A modest contingent of 37 personnel is assigned to the Type 5 incident, operating under a Type 5 Incident Commander managed by the SFS agency. Despite the ongoing suppression efforts, the fire remains 75 percent contained. The local event unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October.
This Texas incident occurs within a broader national landscape where 2,603,769 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 52 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 3 days. In total it burned about 906 acres — around 3.7 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 3,266,178 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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