Whites Easement Fire
The Whites Easement Fire was reported on August 19, 2017 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 1,250 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,250 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 29.609, -94.303.
The incident
- Size
- 1,250 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2017 at 12:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 5 Miles from High Island, TX
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- High Island
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-TXMCR-000006
- IRWIN identifier
- CB7DB2E7-59E9-4AD5-A942-2A6455E707E6
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 north of the fire’s origin
- Winnie, TX15 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Bolivar Peninsula, TX19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fannett, TX22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Anahuac, TX25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Port Arthur, TX29 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 August 23, 2017 at 2:49 PM CDT. Identifier 2017-TXMCR-000006.