Spring Chicken Fire
The Spring Chicken Fire was reported on August 16, 2018 in Hall County, Texas and burned 724 acres. It was declared out on August 22, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 724 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.468, -100.674.
The incident
- Size
- 724 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2018 at 2:35 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2018 at 1:50 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2018 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- August 22, 2018 at 6:02 PM CDT
- Cause
- Natural, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- Hall County
- County
- Hall County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Part of
- Chicken Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-TXTXS-180970
- IRWIN identifier
- 91FAFC07-B034-47A8-8064-8ADD34591630
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Memphis, 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 August 22, 2018 at 6:02 PM CDT. Identifier 2018-TXTXS-180970.