Copper Breaks Fire
The Copper Breaks Fire was reported on August 16, 2019 in Hardeman County, Texas and burned 7,206 acres. It was declared out on September 3, 2019.
- Size
- 7,206 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2019
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.132, -99.766.
The incident
- Size
- 7,206 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2019 at 2:34 PM CDT
- Contained
- September 1, 2019 at 8:31 AM CDT
- Controlled
- September 3, 2019 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Declared out
- September 3, 2019 at 6:00 PM CDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- 6 miles south of Quanah, TX
- County
- Hardeman County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,740,469
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-TXTXS-190226
- IRWIN identifier
- 31CDA7EA-66DE-40B3-A168-9EA97CD55A3C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Crowell, 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 September 6, 2019 at 12:16 PM CDT. Identifier 2019-TXTXS-190226.