Round Prarie Fire

No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 32.858, -91.989.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Bastrop

Size

739 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

September 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM CDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

8 Miles NW from Bastrop, LA

County

Morehouse County

State

Louisiana

Nearest city reported

Bastrop

Protecting agency

DOF

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

1

Incident management

Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Southern Rough

Estimated cost to date

$18,174

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-LALAS-000390

IRWIN identifier

DDD80047-FBD0-4196-8FF1-DAADFC50D715

• Wind up to 5 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 47%
• High of 92°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Bastrop, LA

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Thu, 7:00 AM CDT to Thu, 10:00 AM CDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 3 µg/m³ around Fri, 2:00 AM CDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Bastrop, LA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Sterlington, LA13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Crossett, AR19 miles north of the fire’s origin
• West Crossett, AR20 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Swartz, LA20 miles south of the fire’s origin
• North Crossett, AR21 miles north of the fire’s origin