Rudd Fire
The Rudd Fire was reported on September 22, 2026 in Schleicher County, Texas and has burned 383 acres. It is 50 percent contained.
- Size
- 383 acres
- Contained
- 50%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.908, -100.348.
The incident
- Size
- 383 acres
- Containment
- 50%
- Discovered
- September 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Schleicher County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-TXTXS-268896
- IRWIN identifier
- 6DFCE222-C03F-4B88-8145-C0937A1594EC
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 45%
- High of 88°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
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.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew light smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Tue, 8:00 AM CDT to Tue, 10:00 AM CDT).
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.6 µg/m³ around Wed, 10:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 September 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-TXTXS-268896.