Carbon Fire
The Carbon Fire was reported on April 13, 2018 in Wheeler County, Texas and burned 12,530 acres. It was declared out on April 21, 2018.
- Size
- 12,530 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 13, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.224, -100.131.
The incident
- Size
- 12,530 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 13, 2018 at 1:04 PM CDT
- Contained
- April 17, 2018 at 10:30 AM CDT
- Controlled
- April 18, 2018 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- April 21, 2018 at 10:52 AM CDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 7 miles E of Shamrock, TX
- County
- Wheeler County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- Shamrock
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-TXTXS-180395
- IRWIN identifier
- 8FE8828F-0010-49F7-AAC3-7E0335BE4680
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Shamrock, 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 April 24, 2018 at 9:30 AM CDT. Identifier 2018-TXTXS-180395.