259 Fire
The 259 Fire was reported on July 23, 2018 in Brown County, Texas and burned 1,658 acres. It was declared out on July 28, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,658 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2018
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.654, -98.784.
The incident
- Size
- 1,658 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2018 at 4:12 PM CDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2018 at 5:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- July 28, 2018 at 7:40 PM CDT
- Declared out
- July 28, 2018 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Debris/Open Burning, Trash Burning
- Location
- Two miles south of Zephyr, TX
- County
- Brown County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Zephyr
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-TXTXS-180812
- IRWIN identifier
- 52B8A854-E8A3-45F6-9EDC-BD2BB9B2DF3C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Early, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Early, TX11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Brownwood, TX13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Goldthwaite, TX19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Comanche, TX20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bangs, TX21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lake Brownwood, TX22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 July 29, 2018 at 2:57 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-TXTXS-180812.