Baker Fire

No longer in current feed

Burnet County, Texas · Discovered August 17, 2026

14 acres

Size

100%

Contained

No growth

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 71 days ago

Current situation

Baker Fire

Inactive

Air quality · Good

AQI 32

The Baker Fire fire has burned 14 acres in Burnet County, Texas. It is no longer in the current official feed, so the figures on this page reflect the last data reported. Crews have fully contained the fire. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 32).

Baker Fire size over time

12 official size readings

Officials revised the size from 50 to 14 acres as mapping improved.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Growth & containment history

Raw growth & containment readings

Recorded	Size	Contained
8/23/2026, 12:15:31 PM	14 acres	100%
8/18/2026, 7:14:49 PM	14 acres	95%
8/18/2026, 5:30:29 PM	14 acres	90%
8/18/2026, 3:27:49 PM	14 acres	83%
8/18/2026, 5:09:38 AM	14 acres	75%
8/18/2026, 3:59:37 AM	14 acres	67%
8/18/2026, 3:24:37 AM	14 acres	55%
8/18/2026, 3:04:37 AM	20 acres	55%
8/18/2026, 1:09:10 AM	20 acres	23%
8/18/2026, 12:18:40 AM	20 acres	10%
8/17/2026, 11:47:58 PM	20 acres	0%
8/17/2026, 11:37:55 PM	50 acres	0%

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.