Texas wildfires

Mallard Fire

OutArmstrong County, Texas2018Wildfire

The Mallard Fire was reported on May 8, 2018 in Armstrong County, Texas and burned 75,530 acres. It was declared out on May 22, 2018.

Size
75,530 acres
Contained
100%
Discovered
May 8, 2018
Personnel
35

Map

Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.810, -101.306.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Claude

The incident

Size
75,530 acres
Containment
100%
Discovered
May 8, 2018 at 9:09 PM CDT
Contained
May 20, 2018 at 5:16 PM CDT
Controlled
May 22, 2018 at 8:00 PM CDT
Declared out
May 22, 2018 at 8:15 PM CDT
Cause
Unknown
Location
13 miles east of Wayside
County
Armstrong County
State
Texas
Protecting agency
SFS
Jurisdiction
SFS
Personnel assigned
35
Incident management
Type 3 IC
Primary fuel
Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
Estimated cost to date
$1
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2018-TXTXS-180461
IRWIN identifier
B4C9B5FE-7914-4188-9608-A5232E018445

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Claude, 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 May 22, 2018 at 8:18 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-TXTXS-180461.