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Starkey

Montague, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 30 acres in Montague before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

30

Acres Burned

81

Days Burning

Aug 21, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 21 / 100 acresAug 24 / 30 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

3 public land units within 75 miles

Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / TX

12.6 mi

W

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland

Go

National Grassland / TX

24.7 mi

S

Chickasaw National Recreation AreaClosures in effect

Closed

Recreation Area / OK

62.3 mi

NE

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Paving Project Final Phase-Road Closures and Delays November 9-November 13

Crews will be applying striping to roads and parking lots across the Platt District between Monday, November 9 and Friday, November 13. Expect flaggers and road closures on Perimeter Roads and at Veterans Lake. Some park areas will be close...

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Starkey update: 30 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Starkey containment moved from 95% to 100%.

IRWIN

Starkey update: 30 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Starkey containment moved from 90% to 95%.

IRWIN

Starkey update: 30 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Starkey containment moved from 70% to 90%.

IRWIN

Starkey update: 30 acres, 70% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Starkey containment moved from 40% to 70%.

IRWIN

Starkey update: 30 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

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

IRWIN

Starkey update: 30 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Starkey was remapped 70 acres lower to 30 and containment moved from 0% to 25%.

IRWIN

Starkey mapped at 100 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

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

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 21Now

81 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: 7d18ff7b-d5d8-48da-ba88-56f2dae060e6

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