Woodward Fire, Eldorado, Texas — Map & Containment

Woodward Fire, Eldorado, Texas — Sentinel-2 true color

Woodward Fire, Eldorado, 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 west of Eldorado, TX

CauseHuman

What's burningBrush (2 feet)

How it's behavingActiveRunning — Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.

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 Sep 13, while the fire was still active. It has since ended — the figures above are current.

Burning across private brush land featuring two-foot vegetation, the Woodward Fire has consumed 1,700 acres in Schleicher County, Texas, located 13 miles west of Eldorado. Spreading at an approximate rate of 850 acres per day over its two days of burning, the blaze has maintained active and running fire behavior. Satellites are picking up two heat detections near the perimeter over the past 48 hours, indicating the local spread of the incident.

A total of 97 personnel from the SFS have successfully brought the human-caused fire to 100 percent containment under a Type 5 Incident management structure led by a Type 5 IC. This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows 3,213,890 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 41% below the two-decade average.