Begs Fire
The Begs Fire was reported on March 15, 2018 in Cochran County, Texas and burned 2,500 acres. It was fully contained on March 15, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 15, 2018
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.491, -102.639.
The incident
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 15, 2018 at 4:00 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 15, 2018 at 8:06 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- FM 1585 East of HWY 214
- County
- Cochran County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-TXTXS-000249
- IRWIN identifier
- AD2D7DF3-E194-47F2-BCE4-FFAB400436DC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sundown, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sundown, TX9 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Levelland, TX16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Morton, TX18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Plains, TX24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Brownfield, TX30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Littlefield, TX35 miles northeast 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 March 16, 2018 at 6:38 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-TXTXS-000249.