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Lightning Creek

Coleman, TX ยท Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 378 acres in Coleman before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

378

Acres Burned

49

Days Burning

Sep 22, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 78 acres in the last day
Sep 22 / 100 acresOct 17 / 378 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Lightning Creek update: 300 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lightning Creek containment moved from 85% to 98%.

IRWIN

Lightning Creek update: 300 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

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

IRWIN

Lightning Creek update: 300 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lightning Creek containment moved from 60% to 80%.

IRWIN

Lightning Creek update: 300 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lightning Creek grew 50 acres to 300 and containment moved from 50% to 60%.

IRWIN

Lightning Creek update: 250 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lightning Creek containment moved from 5% to 50%.

IRWIN

Lightning Creek update: 250 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lightning Creek grew 150 acres to 250 and containment moved from 0% to 5%.

IRWIN

Lightning Creek mapped at 100 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the Lightning Creek at 100 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 22Now

49 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: 30b61410-2ce2-483c-9a1b-898659c86f74

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