Rafter 4B Fire

Schleicher County, Texas · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Sep 29, 2026 (15 days ago)

First reported about 3 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	2,100 acres Sep 28, 12:00 PM	2,125 acres Oct 14, 6:00 PM +25 acres was 2,100 acres · Sep 28, 12:00 PM	+25 acres in 16 days
Containment	80% Sep 29, 3:00 PM	90% Oct 14, 6:00 PM +10 percent was 80% · Sep 29, 3:00 PM	+10 percent in 15 days
Crew size	150 Sep 29, 5:00 PM	67 Oct 14, 6:00 PM −83 was 150 · Sep 29, 5:00 PM	−83 in 15 days
Money spent	—	$0 Oct 14, 6:00 PM	—

Rafter 4B Fire summary

The Rafter 4B Fire is a wildfire near Schleicher County, Texas. It has burned about 2,125 acres (about 2,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 90% of its edge; the other 10% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 3 weeks ago. About 67 people are on it, run by a Type 3 IC.

Size: 2,125 acres
Containment: 90%
Discovered: September 26, 2026 (first reported about 3 weeks ago)
Cause: Power generation/transmission/distribution

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what a specific fire will do.

	Day	Night
Tonight	—	69°F · Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 15 to 20 mph SSE · 47% rain Wind: Windy Heat: Cool Some rain
Wednesday	90°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 20 mph S · 47% rain Wind: Windy Heat: Hot Some rain	66°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 5 to 15 mph S · 96% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely
Thursday	83°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 96% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Rain likely	62°F · Chance Rain Showers Wind 0 to 5 mph NNE · 34% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, September 29th at 7:03 p.m. CDT.

Could this fire move fast?

Weather isn't the only thing that changes how a fire moves. The ground matters too: how steep it is, and what's growing on it. These four numbers are for the exact spot where this fire started, not the whole fire. A big fire crosses a lot of different ground.

1° slope

Fire usually moves faster uphill than downhill. Heat and flame lean uphill, drying out the ground above the fire before it gets there.

0% tree canopy cover

The more tree cover above a fire, the easier it is for the fire to climb from the ground into the treetops. That's called a crown fire. Crown fires move faster, throw embers farther ahead of the fire, and are harder for crews to stop head-on.

2,373 ft elevation

Elevation by itself doesn't make a fire more or less dangerous. But it shapes the other three numbers here: what grows there, how dry things get, and what the weather does.

Elevation and slope from the USGS 3D Elevation Program; fuel type and canopy cover from LANDFIRE (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), pulled Saturday, September 26th at 3:04 p.m. CDT.