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Tomahawk

Gillespie, TX · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 101 acres in Gillespie before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

101

Acres Burned

69

Days Burning

Sep 2, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 71 acres in the last day
Sep 2 / 30 acresSep 3 / 101 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

1 public land unit within 75 miles

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

66.6 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Tomahawk update: 101 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tomahawk containment moved from 80% to 90%.

IRWIN

Tomahawk update: 101 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tomahawk containment moved from 65% to 80%.

IRWIN

Tomahawk update: 101 acres, 65% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tomahawk containment moved from 40% to 65%.

IRWIN

Tomahawk update: 101 acres, 40% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Per interagency perimeter data, the Tomahawk grew 71 acres to 101 and containment moved from 0% to 40%.

IRWIN

Tomahawk mapped at 30 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 2

Interagency perimeter data shows the Tomahawk at 30 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: 26ac1b9d-f8a5-40a7-be52-c3264c4664cc

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