Salem Rd Fire
The Salem Rd Fire was reported on August 18, 2017 in Victoria County, Texas and burned 1,143 acres. It was declared out on August 21, 2017.
- Size
- 1,143 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 28.925, -96.938.
The incident
- Size
- 1,143 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2017 at 2:55 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2017 at 11:42 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- August 21, 2017 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 8 miles north east of Victoria near Salem rd
- County
- Victoria County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-TXTXS-004037
- IRWIN identifier
- AC3D2B98-F332-47A5-9EBD-2A763D027699
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Inez, 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 August 21, 2017 at 6:17 PM CDT. Identifier 2017-TXTXS-004037.