Inactive

Hydra

Bosque, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 933 acres in Bosque before dropping off the national incident feed.

933

Acres Burned

Days Burning

Sep 14, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 99%

Sep 14 / 400 acresSep 26 / 933 acres

Situation Updates

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

Hydra update: 933 acres, 99% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 98% to 99%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 97% to 98%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 97% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 96% to 97%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 96% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 95% to 96%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 94% to 95%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 94% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 93% to 94%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 93% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 92% to 93%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 90% to 92%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 87% to 90%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 87% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 84% to 87%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 84% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 82% to 84%.

IRWIN

Hydra Fire Daily Update, Wednesday, 09-23-2026

Incident team

Sep 23

Hydra Fire, Bosque County 1430 Update Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 Size: 933ac Containment: 84% Structures lost: Undetermined at this time Cause: Unknown/Under Investigation Location: Approximately 2 miles south of Meridian, 1 mile west of HWY6 Please follow these pages for official fire information: Hydra Fire Information | InciWeb Bosque County Sheriff's Office Bosque County Office of Emergenc...

InciWeb

Hydra update: 933 acres, 82% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 80% to 82%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 78% to 80%.

IRWIN

Hydra update: 933 acres, 78% contained

Perimeter data

Sep 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hydra containment moved from 76% to 78%.

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: 84e36f94-7085-4b4f-b8bc-81fadf25aa58

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