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Cruso

Palo Pinto, TX ยท Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 146 acres in Palo Pinto before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

146

Acres Burned

60

Days Burning

Sep 11, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 46 acres in the last day
Sep 11 / 100 acresSep 13 / 146 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

1 public land unit within 75 miles

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland

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National Grassland / TX

72.2 mi

NE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Cruso update: 146 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso grew 26 acres to 146 and containment moved from 75% to 95%.

IRWIN

Cruso update: 120 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso containment moved from 65% to 75%.

IRWIN

Cruso update: 120 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso containment moved from 50% to 65%.

IRWIN

Cruso update: 120 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso containment moved from 20% to 50%.

IRWIN

Cruso update: 120 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso containment moved from 0% to 20%.

IRWIN

Cruso update: 120 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Cruso grew 20 acres to 120.

IRWIN

Palo Pinto 8396 mapped at 100 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Palo Pinto 8396 at 100 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 11Now

60 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: 7d2e1cf1-af7d-452a-828e-c9e8adf1e310

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