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Vega

Karnes, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 352 acres in Karnes before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

352

Acres Burned

61

Days Burning

Sep 10, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 327 acres in the last day
Sep 11 / 25 acresSep 11 / 352 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

1 public land unit within 75 miles

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / TX

65.4 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Vega update: 352 acres, 98% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the Vega grew 102 acres to 352 and containment moved from 25% to 98%.

IRWIN

Vega update: 250 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Per interagency perimeter data, the Vega grew 225 acres to 250 and containment moved from 10% to 25%.

IRWIN

Vega mapped at 25 acres, 10% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Vega at 25 acres, 10% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 10Now

61 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: 34558fec-137e-4474-a655-dbc92189d689

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