Pena Creek Fire

Dimmit County, Texas · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Aug 28, 2026 (about 1 hour ago)

First reported yesterday

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	100 acres Aug 27, 7:00 PM	200 acres Aug 27, 8:00 PM +100 acres was 100 acres · Aug 27, 7:00 PM	+100 acres in about 1 hour
Containment	0% Aug 27, 7:00 PM	5% Aug 27, 8:00 PM +5 percent was 0% · Aug 27, 7:00 PM	+5 percent in about 1 hour
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Pena Creek Fire summary

The Pena Creek Fire is a wildfire near Dimmit County, Texas. It has burned about 200 acres (about 152 football fields). Crews have boxed in 5% of its edge; the other 95% isn't contained yet. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.

Size: 200 acres
Containment: 5%
Discovered: August 27, 2026 (first reported yesterday)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, August 27th at 8:00 p.m. CDT.

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 this fire will do.

Tonight

77°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 mph E · 20% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Some rain

Friday

103°F · Sunny

Wind 0 to 5 mph E · 11% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Friday Night

77°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 mph ESE · 11% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Saturday

102°F · Sunny

Wind 5 mph ESE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Saturday Night

76°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 mph SE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, August 27th at 8:05 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

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.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Pena Creek Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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