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Falcon

Wichita, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 123 acres in Wichita before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

123

Acres Burned

78

Days Burning

Aug 24, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 73 acres in the last day
Aug 25 / 50 acresAug 25 / 123 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

4 public land units within 75 miles

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

34.3 mi

E

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / TX

57.5 mi

SE

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / OK

64.2 mi

N

Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit

Go

Wilderness / OK

64.6 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Falcon update: 123 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Falcon was remapped 77 acres lower to 123 and containment moved from 60% to 95%.

IRWIN

Falcon update: 200 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Falcon grew 150 acres to 200 and containment moved from 0% to 60%.

IRWIN

Falcon mapped at 50 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Interagency perimeter data shows the Falcon at 50 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 24Now

78 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: 33d9f139-4d00-42f8-99c3-516fad2fd68d

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