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Red Gate

Schleicher, TX ยท Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 499 acres in Schleicher before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

499

Acres Burned

64

Days Burning

Sep 7, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 299 acres in the last day
Sep 7 / 200 acresSep 8 / 499 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Red Gate update: 499 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Red Gate containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

Red Gate update: 499 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Per interagency perimeter data, the Red Gate grew 33 acres to 499 and containment moved from 70% to 90%.

IRWIN

Red Gate update: 466 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Red Gate grew 166 acres to 466 and containment moved from 30% to 70%.

IRWIN

Red Gate update: 300 acres, 30% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Red Gate grew 100 acres to 300 and containment moved from 0% to 30%.

IRWIN

Red Gate mapped at 200 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Red Gate at 200 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 7Now

64 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: 161e7715-2190-40ea-afe9-b34366375782

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