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Live Oak

Menard, TX · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 502 acres in Menard before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

502

Acres Burned

69

Days Burning

Sep 2, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 452 acres in the last day
Sep 3 / 50 acresSep 3 / 502 acres

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Situation Updates

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

Live Oak update: 502 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Live Oak containment moved from 30% to 80%.

IRWIN

Live Oak Fire Daily Update, Thursday, 09-03-2026

Incident team
Sep 3

Live Oak Fire Daily Update Thursday September 3, 2026 10 :00 am Size: estimated 502 ac Containment: 30% Start Date: September 2, 2026 Cause: Undetermined, Under Investigation The Live Oak Fire in Menard County started during the afternoon of September 2, 2026 under elevated fire weather conditions. Texas A&M Forest Service was requested to provide assistance to local fire departments in the form o...

InciWeb

Live Oak update: 502 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Live Oak grew 2 acres to 502.

IRWIN

Live Oak update: 500 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Live Oak grew 450 acres to 500 and containment moved from 0% to 30%.

IRWIN

Live Oak mapped at 50 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

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

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 2Now

69 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: 8583833d-068a-461c-b5a3-3db206d12930

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