Vat Fire
The Vat Fire was reported on August 25, 2019 in Reagan County, Texas and burned 1,480 acres. It was declared out on August 29, 2019.
- Size
- 1,480 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2019
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.396, -101.321.
The incident
- Size
- 1,480 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2019 at 7:53 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2019 at 4:36 PM CDT
- Controlled
- August 29, 2019 at 5:04 PM CDT
- Declared out
- August 29, 2019 at 5:04 PM CDT
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- 50 miles west of San Angelo, TX
- County
- Reagan County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-TXTXS-190291
- IRWIN identifier
- 7D80E6A5-6B0A-4695-9E24-C14C90BFA16E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Big Lake, 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 August 29, 2019 at 5:05 PM CDT. Identifier 2019-TXTXS-190291.