Started on Aug 23, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- Carson County
- Cause
- Human
- Complexity
- Type 5 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 through short grass standing one foot tall across Carson, Texas, the active Old Deer Fire has charred 676 acres under the management of the Texas A&M Forest Service as a Type 5 Incident. Human activity sparked the blaze on August 23, 2026, which has since reached 98 percent containment on private land.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. Nationally, the wildfire activity occurs within a broader context where 3,005,648 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure that sits 45% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Texas for 1 day. In total it burned about 676 acres — around 2.7 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 3,226,886 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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