Old Deer Fire

Active

Carson County, Texas · Discovered August 23, 2026

676 acres

Size

80%

Contained

24h growth

Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 34 min ago

Current situation

Old Deer Fire

Winding down

Air quality · Good

AQI 48

The Old Deer Fire fire has burned 676 acres in Carson County, Texas. Crews have reached 80% containment. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 48).

Latest official update

August 23, 2026

The Old Deer Fire started on August 23, 2026, in Carson County and was responded to by local fire departments. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment at 6:18 pm and responded quickly. Texas A&M Forest Service is currently in unified command with local fire departments. Forward progression has been stopped.

Read the full update on InciWeb

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).

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Growth & containment history

Recorded	Size	Contained
8/24/2026, 2:25:08 AM	676 acres	80%
8/24/2026, 1:27:40 AM	600 acres	60%
8/24/2026, 12:45:47 AM	600 acres	40%

History recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream size or containment 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.