Welcome Home 1 Fire
The Welcome Home 1 Fire was reported on October 29, 2016 in Clay County, Alabama and burned 1,009 acres. It was declared out on December 12, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,009 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 29, 2016
- Personnel
- 64
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.372, -85.921.
The incident
- Size
- 1,009 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 29, 2016 at 11:30 AM CDT
- Contained
- November 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- November 29, 2016 at 12:00 PM CST
- Declared out
- December 12, 2016 at 12:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- off FSR 600-2
- County
- Clay County
- State
- Alabama
- Nearest city reported
- Talladega
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 64
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $182,726
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-ALALF-160624
- IRWIN identifier
- 14C75F86-FC73-433D-870C-4CD7625DD4F3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ashland, AL 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 December 21, 2016 at 11:48 AM CST. Identifier 2016-ALALF-160624.