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Dos Pistolas

Brooks, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,000 acres in Brooks before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,000

Acres Burned

91

Days Burning

Aug 11, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 90%
Aug 12 / 600 acresAug 14 / 1,000 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

67.4 mi

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Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

72.7 mi

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Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Dos Pistolas update: 1,000 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dos Pistolas containment moved from 85% to 90%.

IRWIN

Dos Pistolas update: 1,000 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dos Pistolas containment moved from 80% to 85%.

IRWIN

Dos Pistolas Fire - Morning Update - 08-13-2026

Incident team
Aug 13

Dos Pistolas Morning Update Thursday, August 13, 2026 08:45 AM Size: 1000 acres Containment: 80% The Dos Pistolas Fire started on August 11, 2026, in Brooks County and was responded to by local fire departments. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment at 2:06 pm and quickly responded. Texas A&M Forest Service is curren...

InciWeb

Dos Pistolas update: 1,000 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dos Pistolas containment moved from 75% to 80%.

IRWIN

Dos Pistolas update: 1,000 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dos Pistolas containment moved from 70% to 75%.

IRWIN

Dos Pistolas update: 1,000 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Dos Pistolas grew 400 acres to 1,000 and containment moved from 40% to 70%.

IRWIN

Dos Pistolas mapped at 600 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Interagency perimeter data shows the Dos Pistolas at 600 acres, 40% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 11Now

91 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: d14a7535-3f66-447c-ae81-98786e5d90ae

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