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Fires Near Houston, TX

Live wildfire tracking around Houston: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Fires within 100 mi
73 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Houston, TX

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 106 active fires within 300 miles of Houston, TX, including 5 within 100 miles. None are inside Houston city limits. The most significant is the Star Lake fire, 73 miles away at 16,412 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Houston, TX in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Houston Harvard Street monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 4).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 44 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 7 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

House pin: Houston, TX. Bold outline: Houston city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Texas does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
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no fires
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0 acres
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16K acres
≤ 200 mi
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23K acres
≤ 300 mi
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32K acres

This season vs the last decade

90% of an average year
Burned so far in 202637 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)41 acres

So far in 2026, 37 acres have burned within 25 miles of Houston, 90% of the 41 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Houston, TX

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Houston

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Limestone 8980 Fire · Containment rose to 80%

    8 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Seven R Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Seven R Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    10 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  4. Iron Lake Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    10 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  5. Limestone 8980 Fire · Containment rose to 50%

    10 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  6. Iron Lake Fire · Containment rose to 25%

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Lightning Creek Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Hydra Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Seven R Fire · Containment rose to 50%

    13 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Seven R Fire · Mapped size revised down to 64 acres (from 100)

    13 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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