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Harris

Throckmorton, TX ยท Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 826 acres in Throckmorton before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

826

Acres Burned

71

Days Burning

Aug 31, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 90%
Aug 31 / 300 acresSep 2 / 826 acres

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Situation Updates

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

Harris Fire - Daily Update - 09-02-2026

Incident team
Sep 2

Harris Fire Daily Update September 2, 2026 9:30 a.m. Size: 826 acres Containment: 90% Start Date: August 31, 2026 Cause: Unknown, under investigation The Harris Fire in Cooke County started in the early afternoon on August 31, 2026. Local fire departments responded and Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters, bulldozers and aircraft. Texa...

InciWeb

Harris update: 826 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Harris grew 26 acres to 826 and containment moved from 85% to 90%.

IRWIN

Harris Fire Daily Update, Tuesday, 09-01-2026

Incident team
Sep 1

Harris Fire Daily Update September 1, 2026 7:30 a.m. Size: 800 acres Containment: 85% Start Date: August 31, 2026 Cause: Unknown, under investigation The Harris Fire in Cooke County started in the early afternoon on August 31, 2026. Local fire departments responded and Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance in the form of additional firefighters, bulldozers and aircraft. Texa...

InciWeb

Harris update: 800 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Harris grew 300 acres to 800 and containment moved from 40% to 85%.

IRWIN

Harris update: 500 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 1

Per interagency perimeter data, the Harris containment moved from 20% to 40%.

IRWIN

Harris update: 500 acres, 20% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Per interagency perimeter data, the Harris grew 200 acres to 500 and containment moved from 25% to 20%.

IRWIN

Harris mapped at 300 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 31

Interagency perimeter data shows the Harris at 300 acres, 25% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 31Now

71 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: 5cb2dd94-c19b-48a3-a09c-f420ce39da31

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