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Rustler

Motley, TX ยท Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1,834 acres in Motley before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1,834

Acres Burned

80

Days Burning

Aug 22, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 534 acres in the last day
Aug 23 / 1,000 acresAug 25 / 1,834 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Rustler update: 1,834 acres, 85% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler containment moved from 75% to 85%.

IRWIN

Rustler update: 1,834 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler grew 334 acres to 1,834 and containment moved from 65% to 75%.

IRWIN

Rustler update: 1,500 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler grew 200 acres to 1,500 and containment moved from 60% to 65%.

IRWIN

Rustler update: 1,300 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler containment moved from 50% to 60%.

IRWIN

Rustler update: 1,300 acres, 50% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler containment moved from 40% to 50%.

IRWIN

Rustler update: 1,300 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Rustler containment moved from 25% to 40%.

IRWIN

Ruftler update: 1,300 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ruftler grew 300 acres to 1,300.

IRWIN

Ruftler update: 1,000 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ruftler containment moved from 0% to 25%.

IRWIN

Ruftler mapped at 1,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Interagency perimeter data shows the Ruftler at 1,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 22Now

80 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: 7615725d-d9c8-4362-bedc-bf102e7f01d0

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