Breach Fire
The Breach Fire was reported on February 15, 2017 in Gove County, Kansas and burned 1,900 acres. It was declared out on February 15, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 15, 2017
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.839, -100.651.
The incident
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 15, 2017 at 1:41 PM CST
- Declared out
- February 15, 2017 at 7:46 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Gove County
- State
- Kansas
- Nearest city reported
- Gove City
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-KSGOX-000170
- IRWIN identifier
- 264AAA12-6262-4E4E-898F-3B1024579123
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gove, KS 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 February 24, 2017 at 12:07 PM CST. Identifier 2017-KSGOX-000170.