Lobo Fire, Cisco, Texas — Map & Containment

Lobo Fire, Cisco, Texas — Sentinel-2 true color

Lobo Fire, Cisco, Texas — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

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True view (left): as the eye sees it.
Fire view (right): infrared (SWIR), sees through smoke and brings out the heat.

🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 brown = already burned
🟠 orange = fire right now

Drag to compare: normal photo on the left, heat brought out on the right.

Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus

Key facts

Source: NIFC

Location3 miles northeast of Cisco, TX

What's burningBrush (2 feet)

How it's behavingMinimalGroup Torching — Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.

ComplexityType 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.

JurisdictionSFS · Private land

Glossary: what each term means

Minimal

Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.

Smoldering

Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.

Creeping

Moves slowly, hugging the ground.

Moderate

Spreads with low, steady flames.

Active

Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.

Extreme

Fast and unpredictable.

Running

Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.

Flanking

Grows along the sides, not head-on.

Backing

Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.

Crowning

Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.

Short Crown Runs

Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.

Torching

Whole trees flaring up like torches.

Isolated Torching

Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.

Group Torching

Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.

Spotting

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.

Wind Driven Runs

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.

The story so far

Following a 42-day run that averaged roughly 16 acres per day, the Lobo Fire near Cisco, Texas, in Eastland County has now ended. The 658-acre wildfire, which started on September 15, 2026, burned through 2-foot brush on private land with minimal behavior and group torching.

Fire suppression efforts were managed by the SFS as a Type 4 Incident utilizing 28 personnel, ultimately bringing the blaze to 95% containment before its conclusion. The regional fire season typically spans from June to October, and across the country, 3,450,833 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 37% below the two-decade average.