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Unit 12 Middle

Jefferson, TX · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 3,000 acres in Jefferson before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

3,000

Acres Burned

63

Days Burning

Sep 8, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 2,850 acres in the last day
Sep 8 / 150 acresSep 10 / 3,000 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

8 public land units within 75 miles

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Unit 12 Middle update: 3,000 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 9

Per interagency perimeter data, the Unit 12 Middle grew 2,850 acres to 3,000.

IRWIN

Unit 12 Middle mapped at 150 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Unit 12 Middle at 150 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 8Now

63 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: 6ac7a40c-adf9-4ab3-b57d-085b3dba72ae

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