Carson County, Texas · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
600 acres
Aug 23, 9:00 PM
|
— |
| Containment |
40% Aug 23, 8:00 PM
|
60%
Aug 23, 9:00 PM
+20 percent
was 40% · Aug 23, 8:00 PM
|
+20 percent
in about 1 hour
|
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Old Deer Fire is a wildfire near Carson County, Texas. It has burned about 600 acres (about 455 football fields). Crews have boxed in 60% of its edge; the other 40% isn't contained yet. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 23rd at 9:00 p.m. CDT.
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 this fire will do.
Tonight
76°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 to 15 mph SW · 16% chance of rain
Monday
103°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph NW · 9% chance of rain
Monday Night
73°F · Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph ENE · 21% chance of rain
Tuesday
101°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph NNE · 18% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
70°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 5 to 10 mph NE · 64% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 23rd at 9:06 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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