Perryton Fire
The Perryton Fire was reported on March 6, 2017 in Lipscomb County, Texas and burned 318,156 acres. It was fully contained on March 12, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 318,156 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 6, 2017
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.087, -100.531.
The incident
- Size
- 318,156 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 6, 2017 at 3:49 PM CST
- Contained
- March 12, 2017 at 6:45 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Lipscomb County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-TXTXS-001012
- IRWIN identifier
- 577E46DC-B05C-4753-870A-736D9F67CAB8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Canadian, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 13, 2017 at 4:15 PM CDT. Identifier 2017-TXTXS-001012.