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Elm Creek

Limestone, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 737 acres in Limestone before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

737

Acres Burned

57

Days Burning

Sep 14, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 587 acres in the last day
Sep 15 / 150 acresSep 15 / 737 acres

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Situation Updates

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

Elm Creek update: 737 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm Creek containment moved from 80% to 85%.

IRWIN

Elm Creek Fire- Daily Update 09-15-2026

Announcement
Sep 15

Elm Creek Fire Daily Update Tuesday, September 15, 2026 12:00 am Size: 737 acres Containment: 85% Start Date: September 15, 2026 Cause: Under Investigation The Elm Creek Fire in Limestone County started on the afternoon of September 14, 2026 under elevated fire conditions. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment at 4:5...

InciWeb

Elm Creek update: 737 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm Creek was remapped 17 acres lower to 737.

IRWIN

Elm Creek update: 754 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm Creek containment moved from 75% to 80%.

IRWIN

Elm Creek update: 754 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

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

IRWIN

Elm Creek update: 754 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

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

IRWIN

Elm Creek update: 754 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm Creek grew 254 acres to 754 and containment moved from 15% to 50%.

IRWIN

Elm Creek update: 500 acres, 15% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Elm Creek grew 350 acres to 500 and containment moved from 0% to 15%.

IRWIN

Elm Creek mapped at 150 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 15

Interagency perimeter data shows the Elm Creek at 150 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 14Now

57 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: 9172747a-ac9d-4dce-8708-dcd15285454c

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