2026 Texas County, Missouri Wildfires

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1 Active Fires
1 Acres Burning 1 football fields
7 2026 Season Fires ▲ +7 vs same period last year
3,477 2026 Season Acres ▲ +3,477 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Texas County

Sep 3 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Bell Fire
Mar 30 Started 400 acres 308 football fields Long Hollow Fire
Mar 22 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Homestead Fire
Mar 21 Started 15 acres 12 football fields Norris Fire
Feb 27 Started 1,554 acres 1.8x the size of Central Park Rocky Branch Rx Fire
Feb 19 Started 659 acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Slab Rx Fire

Largest wildfires in Texas County this season

1,554 Acres 1.8x the size of Central Park Rocky Branch Rx Fire Licking
846 Acres About the size of Central Park Hanks Rx Fire Licking
659 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Slab Rx Fire Licking
400 Acres 308 football fields Long Hollow Fire Fort Leonard Wood
15 Acres 12 football fields Norris Fire Houston
2 Acres 2 football fields Homestead Fire Houston

All 2026 Texas County Fires · 7 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Texas County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Texas County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Texas County is listed too, at its Texas County acres, and is not added to the Texas County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Texas County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Rocky Branch Rx Fire Feb 27, 2026 — Inactive 1,554 37.4938, -92.0338 37.4947, -92.0263
Hanks Rx Fire Jan 13, 2026 — Inactive 846 37.5362, -92.0220 37.5375, -92.0389
Slab Rx Fire Feb 19, 2026 — Inactive 659 37.5528, -92.0085 37.5517, -92.0050
Long Hollow Fire Mar 30, 2026 — Inactive 400 37.5934, -92.1257 37.5912, -92.1126
Norris Fire Mar 21, 2026 — Inactive 15 37.4386, -92.0603 37.4362, -92.0769
Homestead Fire Mar 22, 2026 — Inactive 2 37.4223, -91.9905 37.4276, -91.9850
Bell Fire Sep 3, 2026 — Active 1 37.4929, -92.0775 37.4943, -92.0758
Totals 2026 Season Fires 7 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 1 2026 Season Acres 3,477

Land cover · Texas County 2026

Burned acres in Texas County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Texas County % of burned % of Texas County
Forest 2,604 94.6% 59.2%
Range (shrubland) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Grassland 101 3.7% 36.7%
Other 46 1.7% 4.1%
Measured acres in Texas County 2,752 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Texas County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Rocky Branch Rx Fire 1,554 1,447 1,432 0 0 16 0
Slab Rx Fire 659 661 653 0 0 8 0
Long Hollow Fire 400 443 395 0 25 23 0
Hanks Rx Fire 846 177 112 0 65 0 0
Norris Fire 15 21 10 0 11 0 0
Homestead Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Bell Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 7 3,477
Offered to measurement 7 3,477
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 7 3,477
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Texas County 0 0
Measured acres in Texas County 7 2,752
Measured acres outside Texas County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 2,752
Reported minus measured — 725
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Texas County 2026

Burned forest acres in Texas County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Texas County % of burned forest % of Texas County's forestland
Public 2,522 96.8% 15.3%
Federal 2,522 96.8% 12.5%
State 0 0.0% 2.9%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 12 0.5% 84.7%
Family 12 0.5% 76.8%
Corporate 0 0.0% 7.1%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.8%
Ownership not modeled 70 2.7% —
Burned forest in Texas County 2,604 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Texas County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Rocky Branch Rx Fire 1,432 1,431 0 0 0 0 1
Slab Rx Fire 653 652 0 0 0 0 1
Long Hollow Fire 395 390 0 0 0 0 4
Hanks Rx Fire 112 49 0 0 0 1 62
Norris Fire 10 0 0 0 0 8 2
Homestead Fire 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bell Fire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 11,710 2,604
Land cover Forest cells 11,710 2,604
Equal 11,710

Search Fires

🔥 Bell Fire Active 2026
Started: Sep 3 1 acre
Near Houston · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Long Hollow Fire 2026
Started: Mar 30 400 acre
Near Fort Leonard Wood · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Homestead Fire 2026
Started: Mar 22 2 acre
Near Houston · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Norris Fire 2026
Started: Mar 21 15 acre
Near Houston · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Rocky Branch Rx Fire 2026
Started: Feb 27 1,554 acre
Near Licking · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Slab Rx Fire 2026
Started: Feb 19 659 acre
Near Licking · Texas County, Missouri
🔥 Hanks Rx Fire 2026
Started: Jan 13 846 acre
Near Licking · Texas County, Missouri