Star Lake Fire
The Star Lake Fire was reported on September 11, 2026 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 16,412 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 16,412 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 11, 2026
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped September 12, 2026 at 4:08 PM CDT, 1,129 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 29.664, -94.159.
The incident
- Size
- 16,412 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 Miles SE from Stowell, TX
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- USFWS
- Jurisdiction
- USFWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $155,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-TXMCR-000378
- IRWIN identifier
- 69F4BEB6-3800-4F24-AE46-F2CAC8E746DB
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 20 mph from the southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 72%
- High of 86°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 have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.6 µg/m³ around Tue, 1:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Stowell, TX16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnie, TX17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fannett, TX19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Port Arthur, TX20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Nederland, TX24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Groves, TX24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 9:59 AM CDT. Identifier 2026-TXMCR-000378.