Back Gate Fire
The Back Gate Fire was reported on December 30, 2025 in Refugio County, Texas and burned 163 acres. It was fully contained on December 31, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 163 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 30, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM CST, 156 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 28.312, -96.863.
The incident
- Size
- 163 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM CST
- Contained
- December 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM CST
- Controlled
- December 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM CST
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution, Electrical transmission/distribution systems
- County
- Refugio County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-TXTXS-256073
- IRWIN identifier
- 2D063E40-61AA-4A63-8B64-80B694A18E3E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seadrift, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seadrift, TX12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fulton, TX20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bloomington, TX23 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Rockport, TX23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Refugio, TX25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Port Lavaca, TX25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Texas wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated January 7, 2026 at 4:54 PM CST. Identifier 2025-TXTXS-256073.