MULTIPLE GRASS FIRES BEING FOUGHT

TEXAS FOREST SERVICE HAS JUST ARRIVED ON WILDFIRE SOUTH OF FM 1488 ACROSS FROM MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL

THEY ARE ASSISTING MAGNOLIA, WOODLANDS AND TOMBALL ON A 10 ACRE FIRE

Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is an index used to determine forest fire potential. The drought index is based on a daily water balance, where a drought factor is balanced with precipitation and soil moisture (assumed to have a maximum storage capacity of 8 inches) and is expressed in hundredths of an inch of soil moisture depletion. The drought index ranges from 0 to 800, where a drought index of 0 represents no moisture depletion, and an index of 800 represents absolutely dry conditions. Presently, this index is derived from ground-based estimates of temperature and precipitation derived from weather stations and interpolated manually by experts at the Texas Forest Service (TFS) for counties across the state.

AUGUST 9, 2023-UPDATED LATER TODAY

GRIMES COUNTY -741

HARRIS COUNTY-688

LIBERTY COUNTY-735

MONTGOMERY COUNTY -725

SAN JACINTO COUNTY-734

WALLER COUNTY-677

WALKER COUNTY-753

BELOW IS DATA FROM OUR WILDFIRE OUTBREAK IN 2011

GRIMES COUNTY -740

HARRIS COUNTY-689

LIBERTY COUNTY-604

MONTGOMERY COUNTY -727

WALLER COUNTY-744

WALKER COUNTY-745