Fire
The Fire was reported on March 19, 2016 in Childress County, Texas and burned 2,336 acres. It was declared out on March 30, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,336 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2016
- Personnel
- 6
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.707, -100.222.
The incident
- Size
- 2,336 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 19, 2016 at 4:33 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 19, 2016 at 9:55 PM CDT
- Controlled
- March 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- March 30, 2016 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Childress County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-TXTXS-001015
- IRWIN identifier
- 0B03E78B-6800-4420-A98F-E6E448D01913
Weather in the area
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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 March 30, 2016 at 5:02 PM CDT. Identifier 2016-TXTXS-001015.