Wf Texas Point Northeast Fire
The Wf Texas Point Northeast Fire was reported on October 4, 2015 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 6,000 acres. It is 30 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Contained
- 30%
- Discovered
- October 4, 2015
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 29.708, -93.911.
The incident
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Containment
- 30%
- Discovered
- October 4, 2015 at 4:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- SABINE PASS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $57,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-TXMCR-00J369
- IRWIN identifier
- 5081AAD3-6F3E-46FF-B6EB-FAADDE11377C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Port Arthur, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 17, 2015 at 3:42 PM CDT. Identifier 2015-TXMCR-00J369.