Round Up Fire, Vega, Texas — Map & Containment

Round Up Fire, Vega, Texas — Sentinel-2 true color

Round Up Fire, Vega, Texas — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego)

True view Fire view

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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

Location13 miles north of Vega, TX

CauseNatural

What's burningTall Grass (2.5 feet)

How it's behavingActive

ComplexityType 5 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

Summary written on Aug 8, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning through tall grass measuring 2.5 feet in height, the active Round Up Fire has reached 583 acres while remaining at 95 percent containment 13 miles north of Vega, Texas. Located within Oldham County on private land, the natural-caused incident has been managed by the SFS since it started on August 7, 2026. Current fire behavior is active, driven by the heavy grass fuels in the region.

Operations to fully suppress the blaze are being handled by a Type 5 Incident management team led by a Type 5 IC, deploying a total of 17 personnel to the scene.

This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which spans from June to October. On a broader scale, the landscape is experiencing a quieter year overall, with 2,702,782 hectares burned across the country so far in 2026, marking a figure 51 percent below the two-decade average.