Dry River Fire

Sutton County, Texas · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Sep 22, 2026 (24 days ago)

First reported about 4 weeks ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	8,761 acres Sep 17, 5:00 PM	8,939 acres Oct 15, 6:00 PM +178 acres was 8,761 acres · Sep 17, 5:00 PM	+178 acres in 28 days
Containment	90% Sep 20, 7:01 PM	95% Oct 15, 6:00 PM +5 percent was 90% · Sep 20, 7:01 PM	+5 percent in 25 days
Crew size	88 Sep 21, 8:00 PM	68 Oct 15, 6:00 PM −20 was 88 · Sep 21, 8:00 PM	−20 in 24 days
Money spent	—	$0 Oct 15, 6:00 PM	—

Dry River Fire summary

The Dry River Fire is a wildfire near Sutton County, Texas. It has burned about 8,939 acres (about 7,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 95% of its edge; the other 5% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. About 68 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.

Size: 8,939 acres
Containment: 95%
Discovered: September 15, 2026 (first reported about 4 weeks ago)
Cause: Equipment and vehicle use

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, September 22nd at 12:00 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
Today	92°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 5 to 10 mph ESE · 31% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Some rain	68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy Wind 0 to 10 mph E · 31% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain
Wednesday	92°F · Partly Sunny Wind 0 to 10 mph SE · 13% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry	68°F · Mostly Cloudy Wind 0 to 10 mph SE · 7% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry
Thursday	92°F · Mostly Sunny Wind 0 to 10 mph SE · 7% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry	—

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, September 22nd at 12:03 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.

3° 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.

2,183 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 Tuesday, September 15th at 5:05 p.m. CDT.