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Cherokee 6644

Cherokee, TX · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 39 acres in Cherokee before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

39

Acres Burned

97

Days Burning

Aug 5, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 4 acres in the last day
Aug 6 / 35 acresOct 17 / 39 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

6 public land units within 75 miles

Big Slough Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / TX

15.7 mi

S

Neches River National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

20.1 mi

NW

Davy Crockett National Forest

Go

National Forest / TX

29 mi

S

Angelina National Forest

Go

National Forest / TX

59.2 mi

SE

Turkey Hill Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / TX

59.4 mi

SE

Upland Island Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / TX

62.3 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Cherokee 6644 mapped at 35 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Cherokee 6644 at 35 acres, 90% contained.

IRWIN

Cherokee 6644 update: 35 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cherokee 6644 containment moved from 0% to 70%.

IRWIN

Cherokee 6644 mapped at 35 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 6

Interagency perimeter data shows the Cherokee 6644 at 35 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 5Now

97 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 0eed40bd-1222-4704-849a-d461ba2bad6a

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