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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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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Houston, TX

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 28 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 10).

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.

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Fires by distance

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23K 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.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

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. Sabine 9903 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    4 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Sabine 9903 Fire · Containment rose to 60%

    5 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  3. Sabine 9900 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    7 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. Sabine 9900 Fire · Containment rose to 95%

    7 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Titus 9896 Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    18 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  6. Titus 9896 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    18 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Rusk 9882 Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    2 days ago · November 9, 2026

  8. Rusk 9882 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    2 days ago · November 9, 2026

  9. Red River 7523 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026

  10. Dead Oak Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026

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