Unit 12 Afternoon Fire
The Unit 12 Afternoon Fire was reported on July 9, 2017 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 1,623 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,623 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 29.626, -94.277.
The incident
- Size
- 1,623 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2017 at 1:46 PM CDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 8 Miles East of High Island
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Sabine Pass
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-TXMCR-000004
- IRWIN identifier
- DC89013B-E52B-4A14-80DB-4E8589E1EC7D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Stowell, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Stowell, TX13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnie, TX15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fannett, TX21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Bolivar Peninsula, TX21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Anahuac, TX26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Port Arthur, TX27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Texas wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 11, 2017 at 3:55 PM CDT. Identifier 2017-TXMCR-000004.