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Windy Ridge

Gillespie, TX · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 96 acres in Gillespie before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

96

Acres Burned

94

Days Burning

Aug 8, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 1 acres in the last day
Aug 8 / 30 acresOct 17 / 96 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

72.9 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Windy Ridge mapped at 95 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Windy Ridge at 95 acres, 80% contained.

IRWIN

Windy Ridge mapped at 95 acres, 60% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Windy Ridge at 95 acres, 60% contained.

IRWIN

Windy Ridge mapped at 30 acres, 25% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 8

Interagency perimeter data shows the Windy Ridge at 30 acres, 25% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 8Now

94 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: 799e98ac-768b-4968-9d26-a40e7bd8e28c

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