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Dead Oak

Rusk, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 37 acres in Rusk before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

37

Acres Burned

80

Days Burning

Aug 22, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 12 acres in the last day
Aug 22 / 10 acresAug 23 / 37 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

7 public land units within 75 miles

Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

44.4 mi

NE

Neches River National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

50.4 mi

SW

Big Slough Wilderness

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Wilderness / TX

56.5 mi

SW

Turkey Hill Wilderness

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Wilderness / TX

64.8 mi

SE

Davy Crockett National Forest

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National Forest / TX

68.8 mi

SW

Sabine National Forest

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National Forest / TX

69.3 mi

SE

Angelina National Forest

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National Forest / TX

71.8 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Dead Oak update: 37 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dead Oak grew 2 acres to 37 and containment moved from 75% to 95%.

IRWIN

Dead Oak update: 35 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dead Oak grew 10 acres to 35 and containment moved from 50% to 75%.

IRWIN

Dead Oak update: 25 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

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

IRWIN

Dead Oak update: 25 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dead Oak grew 15 acres to 25 and containment moved from 0% to 20%.

IRWIN

Dead Oak mapped at 10 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the Dead Oak at 10 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 22Now

80 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: c8b98fdb-389b-4886-a00f-ba6cc7598027

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