Case Fire
The Case Fire was reported on September 19, 2016 in Schleicher County, Texas and burned 1,681 acres. It was declared out on September 22, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,681 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 19, 2016
- Personnel
- 9
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.012, -100.694.
The incident
- Size
- 1,681 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 19, 2016 at 8:26 AM CDT
- Contained
- September 19, 2016 at 4:40 PM CDT
- Controlled
- September 22, 2016 at 8:15 AM CDT
- Declared out
- September 22, 2016 at 8:15 AM CDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Schleicher County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-TXTXS-002015
- IRWIN identifier
- 72FE4C4C-9EE9-42D4-A745-0DD37EB2DD97
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Eldorado, TX covers the area today.
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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 September 22, 2016 at 8:19 AM CDT. Identifier 2016-TXTXS-002015.