Salt Fire
The Salt Fire was reported on September 16, 2026 in Wichita County, Texas and burned 100 acres. It was fully contained on September 16, 2026.
- Size
- 100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 16, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped September 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM CDT, 98 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.063, -98.900.
The incident
- Size
- 100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM CDT
- Contained
- September 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM CDT
- Controlled
- September 21, 2026 at 8:14 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Wichita 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
- 2026-TXTXS-268639
- IRWIN identifier
- B92D9320-8333-416D-9650-7FEC52150AC8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Electra, 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 September 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-TXTXS-268639.