Jones Fire
The Jones Fire was reported on January 26, 2021 in Brooks County, Texas and burned 2,020 acres. It was declared out on January 29, 2021.
- Size
- 2,020 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 26, 2021
- Personnel
- 3
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
Perimeter mapped January 26, 2021 at 9:13 PM CST, 200 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 26.917, -98.323.
The incident
- Size
- 2,020 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 26, 2021 at 2:13 PM CST
- Contained
- January 26, 2021 at 11:31 PM CST
- Controlled
- January 29, 2021 at 7:40 AM CST
- Declared out
- January 29, 2021 at 7:40 AM CST
- Cause
- Unknown, Cause and Origin Not Identified
- Location
- 40 miles north of Edinburg, Texas
- County
- Brooks County
- State
- Texas
- Protecting agency
- SFS
- Jurisdiction
- SFS
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-TXTXS-210266
- IRWIN identifier
- 56763A79-6E2B-49A2-9D77-1CF27892FB2F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Falfurrias, TX covers the area today.
Nearby
- Falfurrias, TX24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Premont, TX33 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hebbronville, TX35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lasara, TX40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Citrus City, TX41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Doolittle, TX41 miles south 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 April 12, 2021 at 10:45 AM CDT. Identifier 2021-TXTXS-210266.