Cusenbarry Draw Fire (TX)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 12 Miles S from Sonora, TX
- Personnel
- 14
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Behavior
- Moderate, Group Torching, Running
- Jurisdiction
- SFS · Private land
The Cusenbarry Draw Fire, currently classified as a Type 5 Incident, is burning on private land 12 miles south of Sonora in Sutton County, Texas. Since it began on July 9, 2026, the wildfire has consumed 1,376 acres of two-foot brush.
The fire remains active, though crews have achieved 85 percent containment. Under the management of a Type 5 Incident Commander, 14 personnel from the Texas A&M Forest Service are addressing moderate fire behavior, which includes running and group torching.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 47 days. In total it burned about 1,376 acres — around 5.6 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 3,021,962 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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