Pump Jack Fire
The Pump Jack Fire was reported on April 18, 2026 in Carson County, Texas and burned 300 acres. It was fully contained on April 18, 2026.
- Size
- 300 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 18, 2026
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeter mapped April 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM CDT, 170 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.589, -101.291.
The incident
- Size
- 300 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 18, 2026 at 6:16 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- April 21, 2026 at 8:06 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined (remarks required), Origin and/or cause not identified
- Location
- 8 Miles SE from Borger, TX
- County
- Carson County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Borger
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-TXTXS-263710
- IRWIN identifier
- 972EB856-9871-455D-B809-F35C42167076
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Borger, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-TXTXS-263710.