Brown Fire (Texas)
Satellite image: NASA MODIS (infrared — active fire in orange/red, from yesterday).
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 20 Miles W from Vega, TX
- Personnel
- 75
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Extreme, Wind Driven Runs, Flanking
- Jurisdiction
- SFS · Private land
Burning through two-foot brush under extreme fire behavior, the active Brown Fire in Oldham County, Texas, has reached 800 acres while under Type 5 Incident management by SFS. Satellites are picking up 5 heat signatures near the private land in the last 48 hours, illustrating the current spread of the front.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October, following the start of the blaze on August 9, 2026. Across the country, 2,799,726 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 49 percent below the two-decade average.
Firefighting efforts have brought the incident to 60 percent containment as crews continue to manage the active situation on the ground.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 2 days. In total it burned about 613 acres — around 2.5 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 3,186,142 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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