Hopper Fire
The Hopper Fire was reported on January 22, 2017 in Brooks County, Texas and burned 8,000 acres. It was declared out on January 29, 2017.
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 22, 2017
- Personnel
- 14
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 26.982, -98.137.
The incident
- Size
- 8,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 22, 2017 at 11:37 AM CST
- Contained
- January 24, 2017 at 8:10 PM CST
- Controlled
- January 29, 2017 at 5:00 PM CST
- Declared out
- January 29, 2017 at 5:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Brooks County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 14
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-TXTXS-005001
- IRWIN identifier
- D3D219F0-7C1F-4A19-96FD-F069F71F4C65
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Falfurrias, 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 January 29, 2017 at 5:19 PM CST. Identifier 2017-TXTXS-005001.