Bugbee Fire
The Bugbee Fire was reported on March 13, 2019 in Hutchinson County, Texas and burned 2,700 acres. It was declared out on March 15, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 13, 2019
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.750, -101.622.
The incident
- Size
- 2,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 13, 2019 at 2:09 PM CDT
- Contained
- March 15, 2019 at 12:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- March 15, 2019 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- March 15, 2019 at 8:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human, Utilities, Power Generation/Transmission
- Location
- about 6 miles NW of Sanford, Tx
- County
- Hutchinson County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- PRI
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-TXTXS-190027
- IRWIN identifier
- A4F535DF-8DF5-4D6F-B3C3-D872EBE70AD1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fritch, 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 March 16, 2019 at 7:54 PM CDT. Identifier 2019-TXTXS-190027.