Castolon Fire
The Castolon Fire was reported on May 22, 2019 in Brewster County, Texas and burned 944 acres. It was declared out on June 18, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 944 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 22, 2019
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 29.134, -103.516.
The incident
- Size
- 944 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 22, 2019 at 8:18 PM CDT
- Contained
- June 1, 2019 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Controlled
- June 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM CDT
- Declared out
- June 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- CASTOLON, TX, ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
- County
- Brewster County
- State
- Texas
- Nearest city reported
- BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $54,880
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-TXBBP-000169
- IRWIN identifier
- C976473E-6F21-46EF-858E-D504A263CDBF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Presidio, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 June 19, 2019 at 5:55 PM CDT. Identifier 2019-TXBBP-000169.