Watts Fire
The Watts Fire was reported on February 14, 2016 in Houston County, Texas and burned 1,156 acres. It was declared out on April 20, 2016.
- Size
- 1,156 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 14, 2016
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.358, -95.026.
The incident
- Size
- 1,156 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 14, 2016 at 1:51 PM CST
- Contained
- February 15, 2016 at 6:00 PM CST
- Controlled
- February 19, 2016 at 6:00 PM CST
- Declared out
- April 20, 2016 at 2:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Houston County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-TXTXF-000018
- IRWIN identifier
- 497C2942-8E04-40A3-9A69-01EC76897B11
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, 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 May 26, 2016 at 11:05 AM CDT. Identifier 2016-TXTXF-000018.