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Grover Bend Fire

Knox County, TX ยท Undetermined

The Grover Bend Fire in Knox County, Texas burned 321 acres and is no longer active. It was found Sep 27, 2026.

This fire is no longer active. It burned 321 acres in Knox before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

321

Acres Burned

46

Days Burning

Sep 27, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 121 acres in the last day
Sep 27 / 200 acresSep 28 / 321 acres

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Situation Updates

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

Grover Bend Fire Daily Update, Sunday, September 27 09-27-2026

Incident team
Sep 28

Grover Bend Fire Daily Update Sunday, September 27, 2026 10:00 am Size: 320 acres Containment: 50% Start Date: September 26, 2026 Cause: Under Investigation The Grover Bend Fire in Knox County started Saturday night on September 26, 2026, under elevated fire conditions. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters and heavy equipment and respo...

InciWeb

Grover Bend update: 321 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend grew 1 acres to 321 and containment moved from 75% to 100%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 320 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend containment moved from 50% to 75%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 320 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend grew 20 acres to 320.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 300 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend grew 100 acres to 300 and containment moved from 40% to 50%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 200 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend containment moved from 30% to 40%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 200 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend containment moved from 25% to 30%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend update: 200 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Per interagency perimeter data, the Grover Bend containment moved from 5% to 25%.

IRWIN

Grover Bend mapped at 200 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 27

Interagency perimeter data shows the Grover Bend at 200 acres, 5% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 27Now

46 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: 7a07111a-fb54-4e13-b68e-4ef33d2f9151

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