Wf Valentines 2020 Fire
The Wf Valentines 2020 Fire was reported on February 14, 2020 in Jefferson County, Texas and burned 2,500 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 14, 2020
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 3,142 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 29.651, -94.168.
The incident
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 11 miles NE of High Island,TX
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-TXMCR-200001
- IRWIN identifier
- A8B9444B-B415-49EC-9F21-10F627E98699
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Stowell, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Stowell, TX16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnie, TX17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fannett, TX20 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Port Arthur, TX21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Nederland, TX25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Groves, TX25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 February 18, 2020 at 3:51 PM CST. Identifier 2020-TXMCR-200001.