Wildfire Update: March 16, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Yesterday, Texas A&M Forest Service personnel responded to 11 new wildfires that burned 9,116 acres across the state.
Active Wildfires:
- Cottonwood Creek Fire, San Saba County - 633 acres and 95% contained
- Rest Area Fire, Gray County, 7,931 acres and 65% contained
- Windmill Fire, Roberts County - 23,000 acres and 65% contained
- Saddle Fire, Bandera County - 17 acres and 80% contained
- Duval 1256 Fire, Duval County - 58 acres and 75% contained
- Lake Pasture Fire, Refugio County - 300 acres and 90% contained
- Crabapple Fire, Gillespie County - 8,640 acres and 40% contained
- Chicken Strip Fire, Real County - 20 acres and 50% contained
Contained Wildfires (100%):
- Anderson 1226 Fire, Anderson County - 20 acres
- Anderson 1256 Fire, Anderson County - 1.5 acres
- Cass 1230 Fire, Cass County - 2 acres
- Conco Hill Fire, Cass County - 57 acres
- Upshur 1259 Fire, Upshur County - 50 acres
- Angelina 1258 Fire, Angelina County - 7 acres
- Brazoria 1279 Fire, Brazoria County - 15 acres
- Harris 1269 Fire, Harris County - 11 acres
- Walker 1281 Fire, Walker County - 8.7 acres
- Yellowjacket Fire, Fayette County - 4 acres
- Red Rock Creek Fire, Llano County - 48 acres
For information about active and recently contained wildfires, visit the Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Viewer: https://tfswildfires.com/public/
Frequent incident updates can be found on the Incident Information Twitter page, https://twitter.com/AllHazardsTFS
šø The Crabapple Fire began on March 15, 2025 and is located northeast of Fredericksburg, TX. This photo was taken along Highway 16 on the left flank of the fire towards where crews were doing structure protection on a house. Photo courtesy of K. Moran. Credit: Texas A&M Forest Service.